I think the true burning issue isn't how it was implemented, nor how those videos and announcements were -interpreted- but rather, this is the developer's envisionment for FF14's red mage. not FF5, nor ANY other FF. Samurai is a dps whereas in ff11 it was a tank....so?

So we have a spellcaster that builds up power, jumps in, blows it on melee skills, hops back and finishes with a nuke. Rinse and repeat. Instead of whining about how it's "not right" and crying about how "the dev's lied" or whatever your argument is. Be constructive and make suggestions about how the job could be improved on. This isn't aimed at any one person, but rather the majority of people derailing threads about aoe, or rotation, turning it into a shitfest about how it's all wrong. I enjoy the job. Do I think it's perfect, no. Does it need changes in my opinion? sure does.