Red Mage

[Ramien]

Everyone's missing the most important role the RDM had throughout the FF series, including XI: The wearer of the Hat. No matter what game, RDM have always been known by their distinctive hat. Sadly, BRD seems to be the one wearing the hat now. I'm not sure there's room in the game for two chapeaus of the proper stature.
(Mostly joking, but the look is an important part of the class for me)

[Duelle]

Everyone's missing the most important role the RDM had throughout the FF series, including XI: The wearer of the Hat. No matter what game, RDM have always been known by their distinctive hat. Sadly, BRD seems to be the one wearing the hat now. I'm not sure there's room in the game for two chapeaus of the proper stature.
(Mostly joking, but the look is an important part of the class for me)

I think most of us are in agreement there. I won't be happy if they decide to do what Bravely Default did to Red Mage (really, why the hell do they look like flamenco dancers instead of, well, Red Mages?).

[Ultear_Milkovich]

Would like to see more of the traditional oldschool FF jobs instead of some of the newer stuff (Astrologian, Machinist, etc).

Lets get some Blue/Red Mages and stuff going.

Cant disagree more.

This game is not only for people who played all the other FF before. It hits a new playerbase so please let ARR have its own personality.

I prefer if the new jobs have new concepts. This way, in 20 years, whiners on the FF28 forums would be able to "i want old school astrologian from FF14 pleaaaaase"

[Kayden1010]

Final Fantasy won't make it to 28 I don't think. I've heard that SE is ending it at XVI, that they're branching off to something new, idk. I'm all for having new jobs, but since this is still FF, it wouldn't hurt to have the old jobs too, which they mostly do anyway. I mean I think every job from the original FF was used except Red Mage. RDM was the only one not used yet. They also have tons of new jobs. Summoner is actually an idea from FFX or earlier than that. Since this is an MMO and they're constantly adding patches, I think it's safe to say we have tons of jobs we have yet to see, most of them are completely new. So I still stick with my idea.

[MaethusXion]

Final Fantasy won't make it to 28 I don't think. I've heard that SE is ending it at XVI, that they're branching off to something new, idk. I'm all for having new jobs, but since this is still FF, it wouldn't hurt to have the old jobs too, which they mostly do anyway. I mean I think every job from the original FF was used except Red Mage. RDM was the only one not used yet. They also have tons of new jobs. Summoner is actually an idea from FFX or earlier than that. Since this is an MMO and they're constantly adding patches, I think it's safe to say we have tons of jobs we have yet to see, most of them are completely new. So I still stick with my idea.

Indeed, RDM is missing from the original. And before some silly cries "there's no thief!", ROGUE IS THIEF. THEY STATE IT IN THE ROGUE STORY QUESTS.

[Razard]

Final Fantasy won't make it to 28 I don't think. I've heard that SE is ending it at FFXVI.

In other news, Capcom is killing off Street Fighter, Activision is ending the Call of Duty franchise, and Nintendo has decided to stop making games altogether and focus on Microwave ovens or something.

[HeavensSword]

Would like to see more of the traditional oldschool FF jobs instead of some of the newer stuff (Astrologian, Machinist, etc).

Lets get some Blue/Red Mages and stuff going.

Cant disagree more.

This game is not only for people who played all the other FF before. It hits a new playerbase so please let ARR have its own personality.

I prefer if the new jobs have new concepts. This way, in 20 years, whiners on the FF28 forums would be able to "i want old school astrologian from FF14 pleaaaaase"

Astrologian and Machinist aren't new to the FF series, though definitely not some of the "traditional" well known jobs.

Machinist: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Machinist
Astrologian (Astrologer): http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Astrologer_(Tactics)

[Rumpelstiltzkin]

Yeah, astrologian was a very lame decision and to be honest it just felt like they got yet another robe wearing healer just so they would not have to design another set of gear or even put other stats on one type of gear they already have. There were so many options they could have gone with that would have made a lot more sense from a variations perspective as well as what the players wanted.

As for RDM it would be cool to see them implement it. There are several of the more classical jobs that are really missing in the game atm and I hope they start focusing on those now. As for RDM in particular I hope they make an exact copy of XI RDM just so we can get another ten years of people whining about how the manual says it should be more melee.

[Lemuria]

I'd love to see Red Mage in FFXIV. The artifact gear in FFXI was arguably one of the best outfits in the game and I really miss enspells. I honestly think the job could work very well, if they play their cards right. It could be marked as a DPS, and offer some unique team benefits alongside it's melee capabilities.

[Sebazy]

SE missed a trick with this imo.

Warhammer Online's Warrior Priest/DoK really was the perfect modern spin on the red mage concept and really had it all. It was the perfect support hybrid and beautifully balanced despite it's versatility. An almost direct cut and paste of the class would work brilliantly in ARR if you ask me. ARR already has the dual resources needed. It's just a case of getting the numbers right.