Red Mage: I am not a Back line class

[Vanguard319]

BRDs in XIV aren't told to just sit back and only refresh lol. Giving another job Refresh would help more than hurt honestly. especially given the endurance style fights SE are creating.

maybe not, but you can't fairly compare the two. rdm was a melee class, and was optimized for front-line fighting. Brd in xiv has the advantage of a ranged weapon, and is pretty much well suited for rear line fighting because of that range advantage. You can argue that rdm has access to attack magic, but you had a very limited MP pool when compared to whm or blm, and most of that was used refreshing/hasting/healing the rest of the party. The only ways you were able to fight as a rdm in a party was if you had a scholar as main heal, due to being the only other mage that got a convert-like ability.