Quote Originally Posted by Vexander View Post
Seems more that Yoshi is pointing out the flaws in a traditional Blue Mage playstyle with an MMO setting, rather than stating it'll never be on the slate for FFXIV. Like RDM, it could be they decided that its more important to honor the aesthetic of the class over the substance.
Agreed 100%. It seems likely that the only thing traditional about RDM will be the artifact armor look. RDM has a history of learning the exact same spells as a BLM and WHM albeit at higher levels. But, I'm pretty sure that RDM will not be sharing ANY of the BLM or WHM spells like Fire 1,2,3 or Cure 1,2,3 like it has in every other Final Fantasy title. FFXIV is reinventing the Red Mage. Why can't they do the same thing with Blue Mage? Just watch, RDM won't feel like a traditional RDM once you outgear the initial 4.0 artifact armor and you equip the next patch's generic mage gear shared by Summoner and Black Mage.

Red Mage will no doubt be a blast to play and kick ass in the ranged dps department. But, glamour will be it's only saving grace for tradition. So when we argue about why BLU won't work in an MMO setting or how SAM can't be a tank... Just look at RDM and see that FFXIV does not have to stick with tradition at all and can recreate any job as long as it looks the part.