Don't forget, Yoshi had similar comments about Red Mages ages and ages ago when asked why it wasn't on the table for 2.0 or 3.0. At the time he made comments to the effect that he wanted to bring the true essence of what a Red Mage was to FFXIV, but that the role system made it virtually impossible, and that they wouldn't add it until they could find a way to make it work.

Lo and behold, we have Red Mage, and its not a Healer or Tank, but a Ranged DPS.