Personally I don't care how they implement Red Mage as long as it's unique and doesn't negatively affect how other jobs are played.

When Machinist was introduced and had Gauss Barrel, it felt to me like Wanderer's Minuet was just thrown onto Bard so that both ranged DPS had the same mobility. It would have been better to have Machinist utilize Gauss Barrel and have Bard acquire something else that makes them a different version of the same role.