Red Mage use Casting gear!!

[Kemonologist]

I'm for the team of RDM having its own set. Its the only thing that makes the most sense.

If the loot table bloat becomes an issue, then just add 1 extra piece of loot in every chest.

RDM needs its own set though. Cant have a red mage in a robe.

You don't know dev team? If RDM have seperate set, most of them will be pallete-swap of Dex, Healer, and Caster gear switching in each tier. You will rarely get unique model.

Many people said caster gear have a lot of robe that don't fit RDM but you should look at example people glamour. here. Most of it far from robe, the closed are half-robe or coat more than full dress robe that you can show your legs and shoes. They have various choice for glamour caster if you don't have bias with it. Long coats and Tailcoats aren't robe and they fit with RDM aesthetic.

[RaijinSupreme]

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True, but to take out Robes altogether simply because of the addition of RDM would also be a bad choice. BLM and SMN's should have their robes, as well as their coats, but RDM shouldn't have to be subjected to it.

So even if RDM just get recolors of other gear, as long as it means that they don't have to get a robe because BLM and SMN got a robe, then I'm cool with it.

[Nirokun]

True, but to take out Robes altogether simply because of the addition of RDM would also be a bad choice. BLM and SMN's should have their robes, as well as their coats, but RDM shouldn't have to be subjected to it.

So even if RDM just get recolors of other gear, as long as it means that they don't have to get a robe because BLM and SMN got a robe, then I'm cool with it.

I'm a SMN and I dislike that I have to share gear that always looks like BLM gear or generic mage gear. To me, SMN has always been about the horn, but we only have a few horns to work with, and one went to BRD (? pvp set unicorn). I'm hoping Stormblood gives us a much smaller horn this time for our job specific equipment.

If anything separates the mages, it's the hat imo. Though I'm looking forward to (hopefully) less featureless blankets for body armor.

[Ariane]

Its fine. Even if RDM had its own "fencing" set or whatever, it would always just be a recolor of another set anyway. You won't get a unique set other than for your AF gear.

[Evumeimei]

Its fine. Even if RDM had its own "fencing" set or whatever, it would always just be a recolor of another set anyway. You won't get a unique set other than for your AF gear.

Pretty much. Ninja gear often shares looks with Monk gear, so even if RDM got a separate set for stats they would almost certainly just get a recolor of the caster sets.

[Kageaki]

Pretty much. Ninja gear often shares looks with Monk gear, so even if RDM got a separate set for stats they would almost certainly just get a recolor of the caster sets.

This for the most part. I think they'll use SMN/BLM gear 50-60 like Ninja did with monk from 1-50 and then get it's own INT set, but instead of being color swapped caster gear it will be color swapped BRD/MCH gear.

[Kemonologist]

This for the most part. I think they'll use SMN/BLM gear 50-60 like Ninja did with monk from 1-50 and then get it's own INT set, but instead of being color swapped caster gear it will be color swapped BRD/MCH gear.

Many 3.0 Ranged Phy. gear share model with caster and healer already. I don't see the point why must make seperate set?

[Vexander]

Many 3.0 Ranged Phy. gear share model with caster and healer already. I don't see the point why must make seperate set?

This reminded me of the, 'Jester,' like set you can buy in Ishgard at level 50, and how BRD/MCH, for some reason, had the same thing. Depressing.

I'm kind of hoping the new armor and weapons you can buy from vendors in 4.0 will be based around some of the dungeon sets. Caster/Healer gear from Neverreap and Fractal Continuum, tanking and DRG gear from Sor Khai and Hullbreaker HM, etc... Especially if they can be dyed.

[Vexander]

Honestly it seems to me like -most- Int caster gear falls into the Coat Category more than the Robe one. Shire Tomestone certainly does. The Shiva Set did as well. Before that we had the artifact sets, in which BLM was a tunic of all things and SMN a coat. Before that a robe-like Doman set. So of the 4 Tomestone Sets this expansion, only -1- was a real Robe. The crafted sets aren't really robes either. The Eikonic set has a long skirt/kilt that goes down to the feet, yes, but the top is more like a Vest than anything, doesn't even have sleeves.

The more I think about it, the more I have to conclude we didn't have a TON of, 'Robes,' this expansion either. Dusk Vigil has them, and the Vault, and Aery, but Sohm Al didn't, and Great Gubal Library was a Coat... Neverreap and Continuum had a robe, which was nice. Pity that one cannot be dyed.

[FeliAiko]

SCHs and MCHs have had to deal with shared gearsets that don't fit their aesthetic, so don't see why RDM will/should be different. All SE has to do is diversify future gearsets so that it's not always catered to one Caster aesthetic (which they currently do anyway).