Famitsu interview confirm RDM use INT and share casting gear/SAM share striking gear!

[Vexander]

But there is nothing to talk about, RDM was presented as ranged DPS with a mix of melee attacks. Probably with some utility skills at thats about it.

I'm waiting to see what SE gives it for spells/skills before busting out the torches and pitchforks (even then I probably won't be busting out said torches and pitchforks). A self-heal or two, some defensive skills, some group-wide buffs like Haste, etc... and it'll feel close enough to a Hybrid for my own standards.

[Laerune]

I hope they find a good balance when designing the shared gear between Summoner, Black Mage and Red Mage. Summoner and Black Mage are the traditional casters, but Red Mage has that fencer element to it, so I realy hope they keep the Wizard robes to a minimum or let us glamour different gearset that share the same gear.

[Vexander]

To be fair I don't think either of BLM's two AF sets have been Robes as is. They're both coats. Its not a robe unless it covered front and back and goes down to your toes. Not unless people want to say I wear a robe in cold weather when I leave my house, rather than a coat. Even Summoner hasn't really had a Robe either.

Look at the current Shire Gear. Looks more like a Red Mage's outfit than a BLM or a SMN, and RDM isn't even playable yet.

[mosaicex]

You only need MND for healing spells, which RDM will not have (except maybe 1 self-heal skill). If the spells do dmg, then INT is your stat.

You don't.

See, Clemency.

[ADVSS]

the actual default set up in the very original FF was fighter, blackbelt.thief,redmage. i mean thats the default party they show and you change the classes from that naming screen. Original red mage was a bit more powerful than people are making it out to be. its red wizard upgrade could cast up to level 6 magic, with holy and nuke(flare) being at the 7th level. We used it for exit, life, cures, and maybe some black magic but the mp system was kinda sparing. Later on, they cut its magic potential down by about half and gave it dual cast to compensate. It probably might turn out that the melee is all part of some rotation and not se[erate from its casting half, which i think is what everyones worried about, including myself. But even of thats what it really was what we were seeing. a full rotation. its at least alot closer represented in my mind than how current black mage has been- not even sure what the proper word for the comparison or translation into this games iteration of the job, but yeah. that.

And before you saw the melee attack, you see a spell cast, which leads many to believe it's a spell animation. There's alot of confusion with RDM being touted as a caster/melee, then you have Yoshi in an interview saying its a pure ranged caster.

I want to think that its damage will be calculated like ninja where attacks count as physical and mudra spells absolutely count as magic damage, whilst the weapons property of magic/physical damage doesnt really change the damage of said ability

NOW however simplified or complicated the job will act, what i wonder is the weapons damage type. I want to say itll do magic damage. Will its attack power be higher like casters/healers or will the WP rating be lower like melee dps?