Quote Originally Posted by Eremor View Post
True, but this is pretty much the case with every job. PLD gets replaced by the 'real' tank, ARC gets replaced by the 'real' ranged DD, DRG gets replaced by the 'real' melee DPS.
And this distinction should not exist, as it urinates on your ability to choose to play a job. You then become unable to play a job because you like it and instead have play a job because it is the most efficient.
And when in XI was Bard ever replaced with a 'real' DD?
Bard =/= Red Mage. Bard had no melee option built in, and instead was just a buff job. Red Mage had a melee option as part of the concept but it was abandoned in favor of enfeebling, heals and refresh.
Whats with all these threads about red mage all of a sudden?
If there was a poll about jobs, it was bound to happen. When XIV was first announced the first thread made in Allakhazam's XIV forums was "Red Mage". The direction the job took in XI has caused arguments and trolling from both who liked the backrow caster and those who wanted to melee, so it is not surprising to see that re-emmerge here again.