Red Mage confirmed or nah?

[Blackwind121]

Am I the only one that does not get the whole red mage hype? In the original games Red Mage was nothing more than a cross between Black Mage and White Mage. What's so special about that? Why do people want this class so badly?

Because red is a sexy color
Jk, jk. It's all about utility. RDM has always been a class with reasonable melee DPS while also being able to use all but the strongest Black and White magic. You would essentially have a class that could get up close to deal some damage and then cast magic from a distance while being able to buff the party or raise people.
How it's probably going to work in XIV will be a balance between burning all your MP down then using TP moves while waiting for MP to regen so you can spam magic again.

[xLucia]

Because red is a sexy color
Jk, jk. It's all about utility. RDM has always been a class with reasonable melee DPS while also being able to use all but the strongest Black and White magic. You would essentially have a class that could get up close to deal some damage and then cast magic from a distance while being able to buff the party or raise people.
How it's probably going to work in XIV will be a balance between burning all your MP down then using TP moves while waiting for MP to regen so you can spam magic again.

It sounds interesting, I guess :P Suppose we'll have to see if it happens for FFXIV or not

[lulunami]

It is probably Red Mage (perhaps a DD job). It is possible they may combine Rune/Mystic Knight ablities into Red Mage if they want to give it Allisae's new attack skill.

[radhaz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarle..._and_abilities

[Rgbg]

Am I the only one that does not get the whole red mage hype? In the original games Red Mage was nothing more than a cross between Black Mage and White Mage. What's so special about that? Why do people want this class so badly?

Not hyped about RDM one bit. I hated that job in FF XI and to this day I am convinced that the only reason you ever brought a RDM was for Refresh which was a neat skill indeed. Other than that RDM had weak healing and weak offensive spells compared to whm and blm, but it was a popular class anyway. If RDM indeed makes its appearance here in FF 14 I hope it brings its elemental sword spells. Those were a joke back in FF 11 but they were spells - just like refresh and even phalanx I think - that were exclusive to the class and I'd prefer that over RDM being half at everything it does

[Terrini]

It is probably Red Mage (perhaps a DD job). It is possible they may combine Rune/Mystic Knight ablities into Red Mage if they want to give it Allisae's new attack skill.

If RDM indeed makes its appearance here in FF 14 I hope it brings its elemental sword spells. Those were a joke back in FF 11 but they were spells - just like refresh and even phalanx I think - that were exclusive to the class and I'd prefer that over RDM being half at everything it does

This is exactly what I've expected of Red Mage in FFXIV all along, so I totally expect that Alisaie pulling out a sword makes her a Red Mage now and that Alisaie herself is Red Mage Confirmed.

[hynaku]

If remember right didn't the dancer have a scarlet red rose for a hair piece.

[Ayuhra]

I hope the Red Mage class, if it comes, continues to be a more utility oriented class. I am a big weirdo who has more fun dealing reasonable damage with utility than immense damage with none.

[CosmicKirby]

It is going to be Red Mage, because you are just overthinking it now. They wore a Batman shirt and a 007 shirt for the last fanfest which equated to Dark Knight and Machinist, not Caped Crusader and Double Agent. So it's best to just see scarlet witch for what she is as a whole, she wears red and uses magic, there is no more complexity to it and no need to because they are just repeating what they did last time, the dark knight and a secret agent known to use guns/spy gear aka machines/technology.

99.99% chance it's Red Mage. Most likely, he didn't say anything out loud because it's in such a stage of development, that saying anything about it right now could very likely be heavily changed when it goes live. If he said "Red Mage is in" doubtless there'd be follow up questions, and committing to answers this early is dangerous.

[Balipu]

Yes, red mage is in. No question about it. Can we talk about it instead of the Dancer?