Quote Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty View Post
It wouldn't compete for raid spots with Red Mage but what it would do is guarantee that RDM's melee abilities will never be expanded upon. It would also be far stronger overall and steal players away from RDM who want a spellsword type class. Paired up with the curse of verraise, RDM risks becoming essentially a dead job.


Could've fooled me. In prior games one of my favorite parts of RDM was being able to use it as a physical attacker as well as a caster.

Versatility is a big part of being a Red Mage, and creating a new class based on magical melee damage risks restricting the job to a pure caster role which is kind of the opposite.
You know there are roles right? RDM is classified as ranged magical role, it doesn't matter what attack animations it gets :P And if people want to play something else, let them. You seem to have a bad case of "Everyone is out to purge Red Mages" paranoia.