Quote Originally Posted by EdwinLi View Post
Red Mage does have a history in FF series for being able to equip Heavy Armor which does allow it to fit into a Tank for FF14. The only matter of it is how SE may adjust Red Mage in the FF14 version if it is a Tank Job because they can not simply copy and paste skills from White Mage and Black Mage here but may have to use new skills unique to to FF14 version without giving up Red Mage's identity to use both White and Black Magic.

I still think Red Mage may prove to be a more interesting tank job with one possible mechanic as White Magic being the Protective Tank abilities and Black Magic as the Destructive DPS abilities.
White magic, Self healing tank hype? Get 2.0's WAR right lol. Black magic... Hmm it can't exactly use Fire IV and I'm not much of an FF veteran (this makes it difficult to comment on the forums sometimes) so I don't know all BLM abilities.. I'm sure there are lots if abilities they'll have access to though. Thinking about RDM tank makes me hyped though even though it might not happen, it sounds really interesting, we'll have whm = healer, blm = dps, rdm = tank. This makes my mind at war if I want SAM or RDM as tank now D': Their both really aesthetic and iconic I would be happy with either. And as mentioned above, I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge of the FF titles but I saw a few comments back or it was another thread.. That RDM would use boots,legs and gloves of fending but different chest and helm, which doesn't sound within the confinements of this game