Did they mix up the caster classes at launch or something?

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Just to re: class names/Japanese

There is a lot of fast-and-loose when it comes to translation. Like, there was a time when names of magic-users in fiction where just grabbed for what sounded good. Unfortunately a lot of decisions in translation came about during this time which aren't...really...good.

SE does a pretty good job looking at options and translating into what makes sense or making sure the spirit of the meaning translates rather than actual word-for-word literally translation.

Eg: Conjurer

Conjurer's Japanese counterpart, for example, does translate to "Illusionist" in a dictionary, but that's not REALLY the intent of the Japanese so much as it is an artifact of an old translation system.

The kanji, 幻術士, means:
- "Phantom/Ghost"
- "Art (as in martial arts or magic arts)"
- "User";

Combined, this is what we would probably translate to "Spirit-Mage", which is literally what it is. Conjurer is the closest thing we have to that...but it's more like a Shinto-Exorcist than it is a person who controls spirits.

Heck, historically speaking the word 幻術 ("Phantom Art") often just translates to Magic, Witchcraft, Sorcery, Conjuring.

幻 ("Phantom") can also mean "Vision" or "Dream".