Quote Originally Posted by ADVSS View Post
I can get on board with this with a few exceptions - things like ifrit ex and alexander 4 - how would you make a melee healer work in those situations? I guess all their heals would have to be wide ranged.
Their heals would be the usual range but their dps would be melee. They could perhaps be able to dps without Cleric Stance since they would have the melee range requirement to limit them. Or have their dps radiate miniscule healing on nearby targets (tanks) kind of how the fairy can still heal while a Scholar does dps. Obviously some bosses would allow them to dps very little in certain phases but if they had a stun or something they could be more useful on other bosses.

I agree Red Mage would not suit being a tank very well. A healing tank - Paladin, a magic tank - Dark Knight, and a dps'ing tank - Warrior, have already been taken and there are no more role mixing possibilities for Red Mage to take in the tank department.