I’m not an RDM main (more of a rdm casual lol) but I’m all for it getting more support options. Personally I’d like to see at least one debuff in Red Mage’s kit since it’s the only thing it’s really ‘missing’ to complete the ‘Jack-of-all-trades’ fantasy. It has damage (ofc), healing and resurrection, damage and defensive buffs (Embolden / Magick Barrier), so I think some kind of debuff spell would be the perfect way to round things for the job.

Maybe like PvP Frazzle that increases damage taken by the enemy. They could have it give a defensive effect depending on mana balance, like more White making it give a small HP shield to party/target.

Also I don’t think ‘giving it a defense buff’ means it’s going to have sub-Dancer levels of dps. I mean, if that’s how they balance things how in the world is Black Mage not penalised for Manaward or Aetherial Manipulation. Both can be pretty significant for survival. I’m not seeing Reapers being heavily taxed for being able to give a party wide Regen either…