Im not really seeing this happening, there is already talks of reworking the class system in 3.0, this could easily entail changing the job skills from the base class skills to diversify the job from the class further, this would allow you to do so much more with jobs considering you would no longer have to take the base skills from the class into consideration when coming up with a new job for that class. That being said, I would be quite happy to see the Red Mage spawn from gladiator, and be more of a physical presence with spell enhancements and ranged attacks to keep persistent dps up all phases...I just cant imagine a Red Mage without a sword and shield...and for that sword to only be looks would be abysmal... This class needs to be melee with a few (scourge like) spells to spam while kiting around....it needs to utilize both TP and MP and have support spells like the selene healing fairy...