Rumors are going around hinting to the red mage being an addition but with issues. If the Red Mage can wield magic and a sword, it mixes melee/mage dps mechs that could make things awkward.
Well what if we pulled an ACN and made the class split into two jobs? This may sound crazy but if you have a class that can use spell/sword, it makes perfect sense to split into a melee and mage job. Maybe the melee job could be Mystic Knight that puts spells into a blade? The spells on his blade can add potency or DoTs. Maybe the starting class can split into Mystic Knight/RMG.
But if the new classes start at 30 there would be no chance for a split. So why split if you can just start with two jobs? Well the idea of the class split is to satisfy the idea that the Red Mage must have melee and magic abilities, so this would form a job for the two styles. Having jobs for melee and casting beats having two stances where you can only use half your actions in my opinion.
What are your thoughts?