Red Mage thread

[Haxaan]

There seem to be a lot of "anti heal spell" people in here for rdm. I feel that a heal, like clemency, as an "oh shit" button wouldn't be terrible, I mean smn has a rez... So calm your tits ppl. I personally feel that ripping mantra and second wind from monk and slapping them on rdm with different names and animations would be an amazing idea, shit look at Ast and whm... Seriously almost identical tool kit. I understand that rdm will be dps, and full hybrid is out of the question, but some helpful support utilities would make rdm feel like it's at least trying to "use white magic" (also I am super stoked to see rdm use stone, aero and water without the mp restraint of a whm).

[Haxaan]

On the other hand, we need to remember this game is multi platform as well, and rdm is supposed to be a fast paced job, so having a single target heal and scrolling through the party will severely drop dps, especially from those on console. So I suppose the mantra/second wind combo would really work the best. It'd be cool if rdm got like a baby indominobility heal(instantly are heal) but I feel like that borders on the realm of op/hybrid instead of support.

[Dat_Jynx]

I mean smn has a rez...

Arcanist has rez. SMN just happen to be there on top of it.

[Dat_Jynx]

How about a small curaga for party members around you after you do a certain combo? Kinda make RDM like DNC in FFXI.

[gumas]

they could just make rdm healing like battle priest even though that kinda far fetch from the lore

something like healing by damaging enemy or put a ward on enemy and heal whoever hit it

[Hayward]

It would be interesting to see Red Mage be able to stick debuffs on bosses that they would otherwise shrug off (Slow, Heavy, etc.). That would certainly be useful in certain fights.

[Claire_Pendragon]

While I would love a Clemency, AND battle rez equivalent, I would like to mention the clemncy MUST have a cast time, that cant be shortened outside of swiftcast, as the cast time/GCD usage needs to be what hinders their DPS, to deter them in harder content. (Only using it in solo/light parties)

[ADVSS]

While I would love a Clemency, AND battle rez equivalent, I would like to mention the clemncy MUST have a cast time, that cant be shortened outside of swiftcast, as the cast time/GCD usage needs to be what hinders their DPS, to deter them in harder content. (Only using it in solo/light parties)

yeah i dont expect too much utility for RDM being a DPS, I think it should cover the basics since red magic apparently is a mix of white and black, according to the lore for this iteration. That being said, id be totally satisfied if it were given some utilities in that veign, just not enough to overshadow healers at all.

[Claire_Pendragon]

yeah i dont expect too much utility for RDM being a DPS, I think it should cover the basics since red magic apparently is a mix of white and black, according to the lore for this iteration. That being said, id be totally satisfied if it were given some utilities in that veign, just not enough to overshadow healers at all.

In this iteration, "White Magic" Also encompasses Stone, Aero, and Water.
So technically, if it had no support, no buffs, no heals, and just elemental attack magic, it would still be able to be half white magic. :/

[ADVSS]

In this iteration, "White Magic" Also encompasses Stone, Aero, and Water.
So technically, if it had no support, no buffs, no heals, and just elemental attack magic, it would still be able to be half white magic. :/

Yes, it could mean how they pull in elemental aether and then transform it through an umbral.astral type, or pretty much anything at this time. But I feel like theyll add some restorative properties to a redmage, every DPS like was stated before, has its utilities, like rez, phusik, etc. So we will have to see...2 more days we may know more