Red Mage (Tank) Please!

[BloodPact]

Just gonna be the first to say it, Rdm was capable/used as a tank in XI for a long time. So, XI did it first.

As far as my experience in XI goes (release until early Wings of the Goddess) RDM was never a tank. It could solo some Notorious Monsters with ease compared to any other job, but that's something else. Never saw exp parties or endgame events having RDM as the tank.

[Blood-Aki]

No, We were already disappointed (well i was anyway) that DRK, which should have been a DPS job was turned into a Tank. the LAST thing i want to see is a RDM tank..IF anything it needs to be a caster type.

If they are going to come up with a new tank job it needs to be something new or older game jobs, like Rune Fencer. (which would sound like a Rdm the way you are describing)

[Nektulos-Tuor]

No, We were already disappointed (well i was anyway) that DRK, which should have been a DPS job was turned into a Tank. the LAST thing i want to see is a RDM tank..IF anything it needs to be a caster type.

If they are going to come up with a new tank job it needs to be something new or older game jobs, like Rune Fencer. (which would sound like a Rdm the way you are describing)

We have Summoner, Black Mage as Caster types. So -1 for originality. We need something unique, not more of the same.

[Blood-Aki]

We have Summoner, Black Mage as Caster types. So -1 for originality. We need something unique, not more of the same.

And yours is original? RDM tank was already done in FFXI, so -2 for you

But if you want to put that sticker on, we already have PLD DRK and WAR as 3 tank jobs (vs 2 caster jobs) So you actually have -3, Not looking good.

[Rikkustrife]

We have Summoner, Black Mage as Caster types. So -1 for originality. We need something unique, not more of the same.

It would be a melee caster dps, which would attack through a combination of spells and weaponskills, which this game does not have.
Making red mage a tank would be a horrible idea.
Blue Mage would make a better tank, and would also be a melee caster.

[AylmerOfFamfrit]

No, We were already disappointed (well i was anyway) that DRK, which should have been a DPS job was turned into a Tank. the LAST thing i want to see is a RDM tank..IF anything it needs to be a caster type.

If they are going to come up with a new tank job it needs to be something new or older game jobs, like Rune Fencer. (which would sound like a Rdm the way you are describing)

Dancer was a great melee healer in ffxi, Rdm could be a elemental based melee or we could use Geomancer like it was in Tactics. Sam in ffxi was a melee that could temp for the tank with certain abilities if stuff hit the fan. Love Samurai.

[UnstablePersonality]

No, We were already disappointed (well i was anyway) that DRK, which should have been a DPS job was turned into a Tank. the LAST thing i want to see is a RDM tank..IF anything it needs to be a caster type.

If they are going to come up with a new tank job it needs to be something new or older game jobs, like Rune Fencer. (which would sound like a Rdm the way you are describing)

I rather Dark Knight of been DPS too..I don't like playing tank at all.

[SendohJin]

I always wanted drk as a tank, and glad it is. I think red mage would be an interesting take on the tank job maybe something different than the damage mitigation tank, cause pretty much all 3 of our tanks are that now

it's really hard to get away from that without changing encounters. i'd like to see it too but i don't think they can pull it off. they didn't exactly show off their innovation skills with DRK, MCH, AST either.

[Welsper59]

im so sorry but i just find it funny when people say drk was suppose to be a dps cause that's how 11 did it!!!!!!!!!!!! don't change red mage from what it was in 11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I always wanted drk as a tank, and glad it is. I think red mage would be an interesting take on the tank job maybe something different than the damage mitigation tank, cause pretty much all 3 of our tanks are that now

XI took DRK as a DPS because of how it always worked in the FF series in general. DRK was always a DPS style job (hard hitting) but suffered in the survival department because of how their skills/spells worked... not to mention def stats being naturally low. The same is said for RDM in that, just as how XI took it, RDM was always a jack of all trades. They never excelled in any one thing to be equal to or better than the dedicated WHM or BLM. XI simply made them into a top support role, which also argued in favor of the jack of all trades style lesser BLM/WHM spells. Traditionally, this is just how it is in the FF universe. XIV altered that a bit by making DRK work as a tank, likely due to the fact they always wore heavy armors.