i don't like the idea of red mage being a carbon copy of ffxi.
red mage always been a jack of all trades, curing and nuking at same times, but not forget it's also more melee oriented , equipping heavier armors an swords. Since we're getting jobs more in old ff fashion (blm and whm have a nuke distribution very similar to ffI) you should ask to yourseves if you wold like a melee mage instead asking ffxi's red mage