Red Mage use Casting gear!!

[Feidam]

Could be the stance is off the global cooldown and with no recast. That'd make it far less tedious.

Could be. Only time will tell. Could really use some more information just because I want to be impatient. Give it to me NOW. Sorry suddenly channeled Verruca Salt.

[Ogulbuk]

I would guess a Jump-like action that switched stances. If you at mage stance, or jumps in and sets melee stance. If you on melee stance or jumps back and sets mage stance. It's pretty much what happened in the video.

[Feidam]

Assuming it is a stance and not just animation. It sounds like we are already going to be juggling chainspell/quickspell

[Stitches1974]

Assuming it is a stance and not just animation. It sounds like we are already going to be juggling chainspell/quickspell

Looks like an animation to me, as you can clearly see the cast before the RDM uses the light line to pull him to the mob.

[Feidam]

Looks like an animation to me, as you can clearly see the cast before the RDM uses the light line to pull him to the mob.

That's what I think too.

[Duelle]

I don't think that was ever going to be possible for the Red Mage in 14 though. The role system is just not set up to handle true hybrids.

This depends on the scope of what you want RDM to do. RDM could have easily been built stand in the front lines so that meleeing enhances spell output (procs that make spells instant-cast) while still having the option of using spells from range when they can't reach their target due to gaps, AoE telegraphs and so on (hard-casting spells). The sticking point is off-healing, but I can easily point to PLD and Clemency to show how that can be implemented without interfering with the job's primary role of DPS.

We thus have sword, heals and nukes rolled into one job, and I didn't even need to invent a gimmick to make it work.

[LalaRu]

My dream would be:
VIT Gear = PLD/WAR/DRK/DRG
STR Gear = MNK/SAM
DEX Gear = NIN/BRD/MCH
INT Gear = RDM/BLM/SMN
MND Gear = WHM/SCH/AST

My second choice for gear distribution would be:
VIT Gear = PLD/WAR/DRK
STR Gear = MNK/SAM/DRG
DEX Gear = NIN/BRD/MCH
INT Gear = RDM/BLM/SMN
MND Gear = WHM/SCH/AST

This would make itemizing WAY easier for raid loot and rolls, for one!

I'd like go much more extreme with simplification and put the pretty bold suggestion of removing INT altogether, making MND working as INT, thus removing a full set of gear to keep in storage and all gear with int/mnd keep mnd with highest number. Goodbye, Cleric Stance. Revolution!

[Blackcanary]

RDM shares gear with Monk they all ready stated this.

[Miles_Maelstrom]

RDM shares gear with Monk they all ready stated this.

Weird cause they did confirm RDM uses int, so I guess they are going to be basically useless since their gear won't have the stat they need on it.

[Feidam]

RDM shares gear with Monk they all ready stated this.

Samurai uses monk gear, Red Mage confirmed to use caster gear.