^ I mean it does have its fair share of White Magic... there is just a misconception that White Magic, particularly in this game, is all about support and healing, when it is supposed to rival Black Magic in offensive properties at times.

Stone, Aero and Holy are spells employed by white mages in this game's lore; Red Mage uses Verstone, Veraero and Verholy as well as having access to Vercure and Verraise, which absolutely help in a pinch. You technically have MORE white magic than black magic on Red Mage in this game.

Furthermore, while Red Mage in older games did have more powerful supportive capabilities than in FFXIV, you still wanted to get the most out of its offensive kit unless your team did not have spread-out access to healing or you had no dedicated Healer job on the team.

I think while Red Mage "could" have more interesting support options, it will probably hamper Red Mage too much as the philosophy of utility tax has yet to shift quite a bit.