Anyone else wish RDM was a PURE support class?

[Lambdafish]

I don't know. That clip of a Red Mage didn't really show much as far as Elements go beyond some Fire at the end. There was a distinctly White-Mage looking spell like a Mini-Holy (Dia perhaps?) in there though. I think Red Magic being derived from White and Black Magic means exactly that; its from White and Black Magic. Not from Thaumaturgy and Conjury.

You are correct. The way "white magic" works is that they draw aether from the earth to use their spells, and "black magic" is when aether is drawn from the body. RDM isn't utilising the teachings of both Thaumaturgy and Conjury, rather they use the crystal medium to draw aether from both themselves and the earth, mix it together like a cookpot, and use this mix of aether to perform "Red Magic", which draws from all 6 elements.