[Petition] We want Red Mage!

[Borfin]

RDM's were horridly underpowered and useless for 90% of the games they were in, with the exception of being incidental healers or dealing miniscule, insignificant damage. For their utility and versatility they had to be; it made sense.

Except for the games where they granted X-Magic/Doublecast. But that was the only reason you went after one.

Sooooo I dunno how you'd balance that in a MMO following the WoW example where DPS requirements are tight and healer checks even tighter.

Technically if you want a RDM-flavored class, you need only look toward Arcanist. Not SMN, not SCH, Arcanist; cross-classing CNJ skills, probably.