Quote Originally Posted by JTSpender View Post
And hey, if they took out all the awesome THM debuff stuff because the next mage class they're going to release turns into Red Mage, then they have my complete and total forgiveness. (Though honestly, I'd rather see the debuffs moved a class that turns into Scholar, or maybe Geomancer, and RDM turned into an actual magical fencer with mechanics similar to FFXI's dancer.)
Quote Originally Posted by Klive View Post
I was thinking where will the drains and dark spells go, then it hit me. Arcanist! That is the next mage class to come out.
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Arcanist
Just a wild guess, mostly, but it does fit.
Totally agree, good point !
Aside from my disappointment of THM turning into BLM (and the story line contradictions that entails), it would be great if there was an alternate class (like the scout type class they talked about from GLA instead of unlocking PLD) like Archanist. It would particularly fit if they brought back the old Demi (which looks /strangely like shadowsear) back with this.

Of course I could also see the THM concepts made into a controller type RDM (the backliners we saw from XI) without the swordplay or nukes. This would make me happy as well.

Another interesting concept for another THM follow-up would be a Mystic (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Mystic). It fits rather well, and a little bit better than Arcanist imo. ^^