Quote Originally Posted by Valdegarde View Post
Dark arts is already a problem on Dark Knight for it's spammy gameplay, and we have Samurai's Dark Arts (Kaiten) as a gameplay mechanic too. If Red Mages got a damage over time mechanic, which I do think would be neat, I'd hope for it to contribute to some sort of enchanted auto attacking and mana accumulation somehow instead of an apply and forget it kind of deal.
An enchanted auto attack mechanic...that would be neat, but it would mean that RDM would then have to fight for one of the two melee spots (ie, against DRG and NIN) to be able to play at full potential.