Can you two take it to the Lore forum, where people might actually help you back up your claims, rather than having this completely off topic "debate" here?

Quote Originally Posted by Archwizard View Post
If we get new spells, who cares what element they are as long as they fit the kit.
Well, to me it adds flavour to the Job and helps build a distinct identity compared to other Jobs... I'd like Red Mage to have a full stock of elements because the very idea of the Job is a combination of Black Mage and White Mage, and for much of this games life I've been fed the "We can't have a Job with all the elements because White Mage has half and Black Mage has the other half, and they're diametrically opposed" waffle.

Quote Originally Posted by Archwizard View Post
White Mages still aren't casting Meteor and Black Mages still aren't casting Raise.
I'd actually be OK with Black Mage having Raise, albeit a version with a serious stipulation. I'd prefer Res-Mage to no longer be a thing, and that utility to just essentially be a healer/caster role action, but role actions are horrid and need to be deleted (if we still have Sentinel/Vengeance/Shadow Wall/Nebula, we can damn well just do away with role skills completely and bring back clone skills like Shadowskin and Leeches...).

Essentially, I'd say;

Red Mage gets Verraise, exactly as it is.
Summoner gets Resurrection, altered to have a bit of Phoenix flavour. Basically, slap Fire II on whoever you cast it on so it's potentially not a complete DPS loss.
Black Mage gets Reanimate, they get someone back up, but that person has the Walking Dead status effect and needs to be cleansed appropriately, still great for a clutch "Get the Healer up for LB3" moment.
Blue Mage gets Reraise off Kuribu at Lv60.

Really wish this game had more "These skills do the same thing, but in different ways and with different costs/benefits that are fitting to the Job using them", but oh well... I'll keep popping Rampart on Dark Knight I guess, even though Shadowskin still exists somewhere and looked far far better...