6.0 Red Mage speculation

[Katie_Kitty]

I'd like them to do more with the support aspect of rdm by adding an aoe esuna, call it verasuna.

Still waiting for the legendary Vermedica.

[Archwizard]

I'd like them to do more with the support aspect of rdm by adding an aoe esuna, call it verasuna.

Still waiting for the legendary Vermedica.

While I can see where you're coming from with regards to Red Mage's origins and history throughout the series, it's important to remember that were it not for its use as a means to generate a Dualcast without a target, we as DPS wouldn't even have Vercure. As far as White Magical utilities, Verraise is already pretty darn strong, especially with Dualcast.

Now, given that BRD has Warden's Paean, DNC has Curing Waltz and SMN has Everlasting Flight, it's within the realm of possibility for us to get some kind of recovery-oriented Ability in the future... though even ignoring that cloning another job's unique utility wholesale would be kinda frowned upon, a "Veresuna" sounds like Erase by another name, and an AoE version would be absurdly powerful in a dedicated Healer's hands, much less ours.

Personally though, I'd like to see some more Black Magic-oriented skills added to the kit.
We often seem to forget that while most of our spells are dedicated to damage (because we're a damage job), Verstone, Veraero and Verholy are still White Magic; while most of our provided Ver-spells have aesthetic and mechanical opposites, Vercure and Verraise infamously do not.
If we can stretch the ask of donated White Magic skills to include Flood despite its absence from WHM's kit, I see no reason we can't do the same for Black Magic in spite of BLM's lack of utility and limited non-damage skills.