Red Mage hinted at

[AlexionSkylark]

Non-Swashbuckler RDM?
don't you even joke about that

[Arasiel]

Will rdm be dps or healer that is the question.

Million Til question

[Deedsie]

I just don't want Red Mage to be in the healer slot. I'd prefer it as a damage dealer, but can live with it as a tank. I don't want it to be healer except maybe for itself.

[Duelle]

I just don't want Red Mage to be in the healer slot. I'd prefer it as a damage dealer, but can live with it as a tank. I don't want it to be healer except maybe for itself.

I'm on a similar boat, except without the tank part. RDM main tanking in FFXI jokes aside, tanking doesn't suit the aesthetic of the job.

What I am curious about is--How would RDM work in this MMO? Yoshi-P has stated a lot in the past that he will not be putting hybrids in the game but RDM is by definition a hybrid but can't use top tier heals or attack magic. He said this when BRD was changed to a DPS instead of a Buffer with some DPS.

This would be one approach.

The silver lining in all of this is that I can finally get rid of the quote in my sig if they get the job right.

[ErikMynhier]

Not a popular opinion but still my opinion. Red Mage would make a fun tank, just saying. Let the dps have Samurai or whatever.

[Xikeroth]

A Red Mage Healer isn't a Red Mage, It's a Pink mage and spits on everything Red Mage has been since day 1.

Edit: Best way they could do RDM is to make it a Hybrid, locking you to a specific role before entering content so that way it wouldn't be OP and deal great DPS, and healing (RDM is the only mage in FF that has been able to wear dragoon level armor as long as it's been around. They won't give that degree of gear to a healer or caster.)

[MomomiMomi]

A Red Mage Healer isn't a Red Mage, It's a Pink mage and spits on everything Red Mage has been since day 1.

It's more RDM than a tank would be. Healer roles have offensive spells, too. Just slap a sword in its hand and there it is, RDM.

[Xikeroth]

It's more RDM than a tank would be. Healer roles have offensive spells, too. Just slap a sword in its hand and there it is, RDM.

Problem with that is very simple, the majority of Red Mage fans do not want to be a healer only. (In fact thats why a lot of people I knew in ffxi quit rdm or quit ffxi) Which is why I think making it a DPS with the ability to throw a support cure would be more accurate since RDM was never intended to be able to replace a healer in any way shape or form. Not to mention no one would complain in that case if the red mage was too focused on DPS.

RDM is supposed to be a hybrid, while being a jack of all trades just doesn't work in the style of mmo we're in. Giving it different stances that can not be changed in combat or in duty that change the abilities of the player to be more dps or healing focused wouldn't harm it at all and you'd be pleasing two groups of people.

[Zensho]

But will it have refresh?

[ThirdKeyOfSun]

But will it have refresh?

I imagine if it did they could balance it by making it the MP version of Goad D: