What if DNC is SHOMHOW a DPS?

[Eloah]

Um...Mystic Knight uses magic to enchant their weapon with the specific spell with which they attack then. Red Mage uses magic to cast it on their enemy directly. Mystic Knight does not use healing/revival magic. Red Mage does. Last but not least...Final Fantasy V had both Mystic Knight AND a Red Mage and the Red Mage we have is pretty faithful to Final Fantasy V's Red Mage. Though it's fencing skills have no precedent (technically "Souleater" is available in FFXII Zodiac Age's Red Battlemage license board), the class in Tactics at least have a high physical attack to supplement its magic in melee. The fencing skills in XIV on the other hand are not utilizing any magics. They are fencing techniques separated from the Red Magic. Hence they don't fit a spellblade-utilizing Magic Knight class.

I think you missed my point. Not sure how I could make it clearer though.

[kikix12]

I think you missed my point. Not sure how I could make it clearer though.

Your point is that Red Mage we have is also the Magic Knight (the job of other games, not a general type of character) of FFXIV. My point is that unlike Astrologian and Time Game or Warrior and Viking or Bard and Ranger...Red Mage of FFXIV have zero similarities to the actual Magic Knight in his skills or mechanics. Magic Knight never was about using mana for physical skills (which Red Mage does) but about using spells to enchant the weapon with them and attack with them through the blade.

The only reason why Red Mage even have rapier skills is because otherwise the classes nature as a physically-capable attacker would've been lost. Its auto-attack after all is pitiful and they decided that instead of making actual melee caster (with magical auto-attack), they'd just show the fencing ability through skills.

Also, each game is separate. Saying that Red Mage in FFXIV is taking the spot of Mystic Knight unless proved otherwise because it was kinda like that in other games is pretty pointless. The current iteration of Red Mage shares nothing with Mystic Knight other than the fact that both are capable both with blade and magic.