Red Mage Love Thread

[Elysaine]

Ever since I started playing MMO's back in 2005 I always played healer classes. The role of the healer suits me and it's something I enjoy doing. Tanking is not my cup of tea and DPS is something nice for solo, but not really my thing for group play.

That said, when the Red Mage was announced and seeing the job trailer I was instantly interested in the job. So when early access went active, instead of going MSQ with one of my healer jobs I've decided to level up Red Mage first. Just arrived at level 57 and having a real blast with the job. And don't even have Verflare or Verholy yet to blast stuff with

In all my years playing MMO's the Red Mage is the first time I'm seriously considering playing a DPS class as main. Of course it doesn't hurt from a healers perspective to be able to cast a pretty powerful heal and when needed the ability to resurrect someone. Don't have the res yet, but Vercure has proven it's worth many times now.

What I also like is the mana management. Sometimes I'm not paying attention, and ugh it will be awhile to rebalance black/white. When I'm playing it right, it's a fluid gameplaying experience

I'll be sticking to Red Mage I'm definitely seeing red