Red Mage: I am not a Back line class

[Firon]

As the title says Red Mage is not a back line class I hope it's not when they implement it.

I know a lot of folks who want this class/job, I also know many more people who don't want this job to be standing in the back with the white mage casting cure. In XI this class was hit or miss with a lot of folks some quit the class cause they were criticized for melee, thus in turn could not play the class the way they wanted.

I have a few idea's that could help stop this from happening in this game as well.

1. Make RDM attack spells cost tp.

2. Make support spells like en-fire and such cost mp but gain more effectiveness when the caster has more than 1k tp.

3. Let Red mage combo into spells. Ex: Poison Thrust > Silence Thrust > Fira(Single target for Red mage).

That's all i could think of for now if you have any other idea's so Red Mage wont get stuck in a back line position like in XI. Please give some feedback, or suggestions.

I really don't want to see this class to feel like an Pure Mage again.

[KumaAkuma]

When they brought out Dancer I thought "Yes this is what Red Mage is actually supposed to be like"

[Kiote]

I think you hit the nail on the head with Combos.

If they make RDM combos a WS > Spell > WS or any combination like that, it will instantly solve the FFXI Problem.

I hope and pray every night they don't mess this up..

[Molly_Millions]

F no. My RDM better be a sword wielding enfeeble/buff machine!

[viion]

Yes!!! meleee mage, blu idm

[Zantetsuken]

I generally agree that RDM needs a different party play focus that it's FFXI incarnation.

RDM is traditionally a jack-of-all-trades job that also specializes in multi/rapid spell casting.

The OP's melee-magic combo idea is a very good idea. If they really want to make RDM a front-line caster, adding an additional TP cost to all RDM spells would go far in defining that role.

[Vaer]

Quit meleein' and refresh the mages.

[Jinrya-Geki]

This problem would never happen if you were a Red Wizard.

[Delmontyb]

Love these ideas. I really hope they do allow for the red mage to have spells and abilities that require TP like you said. I think you're on the right path.

With how XIV is setup so far, they could really add a lot of fun and change up the style (from XI) in XIV. Debuff/Buff > WS > party cure/ > WS etc... Could be fun.

[Jinko]

For a melee to use WS > WS > Spell requires a lot of standing in one place.

Unless you make it WS > Spell (combo effect is no cast time)

I do like the idea of mixing TP skills and Mana skills together though.