Roles for Samurai, Red Mage, Dancer

[Nalien]

I wouldn't put too much stock in what Jobs used to be able to equip... Jobs were never limited to a single weapon type before, and we also had situations where Dragoon could equip shields, or even duel wield lances... The bottom line is that a sword and shield Red Mage is going to be visually identical to Paladin... Forget Samurai and Dark Knight looking similar, Red Mage and Paladin would just straight up be clones of each other... We don't need a second sword and shield tank...

Drop the shield, go full on on the fencing vibe, and Red Mage can be whatever it wants to be... I'd rather finally get a sword wielding DPS, but a fencing theme can easily tank as well... Only way to get a truly satisfying mix of heals and nukes is for Red Mage to be a healer, but that'd down play the fencing side of things, and really... Isn't White Mage already Red Mage in that sense? It has just as many nukes as heals...

If RDM was to go DPS, it would be a heavy support DPS imo because DPS usually don't get heals, they're expected to dps / support.

Is Summoner a support heavy DPS? Last I checked it has a heal and raise... The heal is fundamentally worthless, but it's there...