Thread: Red Mage - A DoM Tank Job?

While it looks like we will be put on a further hold for the Red Mage class...I have been hoping that SE would do something new with Red Mage like making it a Disciple of Magic Tank class! Would put red mage up in the front lines and give a use to abilities like Enfire/Enice/etc and Blaze Spikes/Shock Spikes/etc. They already use a fencing/rapier sword and a shield. Just because they are a Mage, shouldnt mean they cant tank. So I am all for a Red Mage Tank! Any thoughts? Opinions?

I don't think the current DoW/DoM split works for red mage at all since its technically SUPPOSED to be both according to past FFs. Its supposed to be a melee AND a mage. A mage with a sword and melee ability. Not just a magic user. I am against enspells and shock spells as they stand

I wouldn't mind having the skills Lightning uses in FF13 on her ravager in their place though Elemental blade attacks maybe with debuffs on each one and buffs similar to bards. I would also rather it be more comparable to bard, just a front line version of it. Even though I was fully able to tank on RDM in FFXI. I realize this is a different game and spells like haste and refresh likely wont exist like they did in FFXI. (and putting haste in could hurt possibilities of Time Mage being implimented)

I will however fully support if its a tank since red mage COULD use a wide verity of gear from cloth(WHM/BLM) to light(leather) to medium(Mail) and maybe have some ability to make its damage taken similar to that of a PLD(because lets face it rdm could use shields too and we only have one class that uses shields all the time)

Also another thought before anyone says MND INT for magic stuff... they could do like they did for dps paladins in wow and give a melee trait(STR) a specific % conversion to MND and INT via class traits to help its mage-like skills be more potent while not harming its front line ability.

Originally Posted by Takeshi_Eiketsu

OP

Wants so desperately RDM in the game that they would prefer it totally ripped of its spirit than not present in a game not made for it



If there is a mage tank one day, look in the direction of rune fencer or templar. Mystic knight too. Not Red mage.

Originally Posted by PureEclipse

Ashelia Dalmasca was considered a red mage under the "correct" build in ff12 according to their own ff wiki sources

Ashe is a way better samurai than RDM.... also, "correct build" ? Since when is there a correct build in a game where you can build your team as you like ?

Originally Posted by PureEclipse

been waiting for musketeer for almost 4 years...

They already said musketeer won't come. It's a relic of the past, it's time to move on.

just so you know, the gunner (Fan Fest in London, 007 shirt) has been hinted, and the healer in 3.0 has been hinted to come from Final Fantasy Tactics. A bet people made 6 month ago is going to become true : the gunner has high chances to be the chemist.


@GalkaBikini
If you think that the RDM is a mage with better melee power than the others, you're missing the entire point of the job. It's supposed to be the fighting mage by essence. Good at both melee and magic, with nukes in both domains (even though both will remain inferior compared to "true" jobs like DRG or BLM).

Originally Posted by GalkaBikini

mediocre with melee.

in wich universe have you seen that ?


(unless similar to equal stats means "good and mediocre" for you, in which case I can do nothing to make you understand why you're wrong)

I'll simply say tanking is iconoclastic to the job.