SAMURAI SHOWDOWN

[Gabrielleblanc]

Red Mage with a fencing sword-problem solved.

Don't tease me with that, I considered buying ffxi just to play red mage today.

[Cidolfas86]

Don't tease me with that, I considered buying ffxi just to play red mage today.

Me too. I can envision a front line fighter mage/caster, jack of all trades DPS. I just don't want it to end up like 11 were I was simply a refresh bot and healer :/

I think Blue Mage would fit it better, and healers face a similar problem as tanks in that it's hard to come up with ideas of how new healers will be. A frontline melee healer in the style of Red Mage seems like too good an opportunity to pass up. Give them slightly weaker heals than WHM, and some Phalanx as shields, along with better dps than SCH, and they're good to go.

I can't remember when but I'm pretty sure Yoship was pretty soft on the idea of adding Blue mage to this game. Thats not to say I wouldn't want BLU, but if/when either one is added they'd make a fine addition as front line dps casters.