Red Mage nuff said

[Prospher]

Hear me Hear me!

Red mage
Role: Caster DPS
weapon: Rapier

Damage scale on INT, but uses a regular 1,2,3 combo (melee). OGC skills consist of insta cast small magic spells and/or buffs.

Job mechanic: 2 buffs/stances white magic ritual & black magic ritual. Each are instacast and work for 20-30 seconds with a recast time of 60 seconds.
White magic ritual: changes INT to MND and changes the basic 1,2,3 combo skills to cure, regen and esuna? (or 3 other healign ability's u get the idea)
Black magic ritual: changes the basic 1,2,3 combo skills to black magic (no insta casts).

White magic should be weaker ofc then regular healers but still good enough to save an o-shit moment.
Black magic should be the jobs uptime dmg wise.

This way you get a support role that actively changes the playstyle. I think this fits perfectly into the game as it is right now.

Jack of all trades Master of none
Please make this happen!!! and what are your toughts ?

[Nyghtmarerobu]

My thoughts are its another Redmage thread.

[Prospher]

My thoughts are its another Redmage thread.

Fair enough, I tought that was what forums were for tough.

[Shurrikhan]

Fair enough, I tought that was what forums were for tough.

Yes, which is why they have a search function. Advanced Search > Titles only > 'Red Mage'.
May also want to 'search for threads with more than <10> replies', use the 'Red Mage' tag, and limit search to English Forums

And there you have 20+ RDM implementation suggestions, most more thought out than yours here, to help with your own suggestion, complete with feedback and reactions.

[Sylvain]

that was a well developped post that will for sure attract the attention of the devs

[Mimilu]

I think the Healer Stance would be very under-utilized on a DPS, especially considering most content now-a-days focuses on maximizing DPS and parties already having a dedicated healer or two.
I might suggest something like a Buffing Stance and a Debuffing Stance that effect their spells and skills and just giving the RDM a healing spell/skill, a revive, and/or an Esuna.

[Nurvus]

I believe Red Mage would be nice, and it should focus on Intellect.
However, I don't think their Spells should be all Instant off the bat.
Instead, I believe certain 1-2-3 combos should cause the next spell to be instant.
In some cases it may be any spell, in other cases it may be one or more specific spells.
It would definitely need to have Double Cast ability on a considerable cooldown causing the next spell to be cast twice.

It might require a new class to be introduced as well - Fencer - and Require 30 Thaumaturge 15 Fencer.

Several Thaumaturge Spells should be cross-class exclusively for Red Mage, perhaps Fire III and whatnot.

[Fevelle]

Jack of all trade in FFXIV? Forget it boy.

[Nurvus]

Jack of all trade in FFXIV? Forget it boy.

That would be easily solved by adding a "Cleric Stance" ability to Red Mage, mandatory for dealing competitive DPS, applying a boost to magic damage and considerable penalty to Healing, establishing his Healing as secondary just like damage is for White Mages.

[Duelle]

That would be easily solved by adding a "Cleric Stance" ability to Red Mage, mandatory for dealing competitive DPS, applying a boost to magic damage and considerable penalty to Healing, establishing his Healing as secondary just like damage is for White Mages.

You'd have to use the AST caveat for Sects and disable switching mid-combat. Otherwise you end up with an overpowered job.