Samurai relesing sooner then we think?

[Brightshadow]

I'm actually unsure if "Red Mage" classic will enter into the game. I'm more inclined to believe we'll end up with a "Magic Knight" type class that can do melee and ranged magic damage based around magic weapon buffs. Really... In the party mechanics that we have, a true "Red Mage" is hard to fit in because they literally have a bit of everything... so Healing magic, protection magic, damage magic, debuff magic and buff magic... Same With Blue Mage, and both have the jack of all trades kind of theme so they can fit into any role as necessary... Just the way FFXIV is set up with defined class roles would make them hard to fit in.

If they do do Samurai, I'm expecting a DPS inspired by Cyan from FFVI.

I'm also still waiting on my Chemist/Potions healing class.

Blue Mage is a DPS with some support spells, I can see it being added in the future but that would require the revamp of the mob skills in the game because many of them are bland, and don't have any additional effects except for damage. In addition to that many monsters have physical skills so it would make a great alternative to black mage, because the blue mage could focus more on burst physical damage.

As for Red mage it doesn't have to be a hybrid it could be like the rune fencer from ff11, or what many consider to be the mystic knight.