Quote Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor View Post
Tank would be perfect with this class, because nothing really else fits a Red Mage more in this game.

We are not "shoe horning" them into a tank role, its the role that makes most sense to the game.
We'll no. It really doesn't. That role makes more sense for Rune Fencers, Mystic Knights, or Spellblades, infusing magic for defense and damage. You strip RDM down to defensive earthy stuff or whatever and it loses its identity more than DRK did being shoehorned into a tank. It'd be a Rune Fencer with a different name.

If RDM is introduced as a tank, it's because SE first wanted a tank and then shoved whatever name they wanted on it, not because of some great affinity the job has for it. It'd be even more egregious than wanting a tank and shoving a DRK.