How Would You Design Red Mage!?

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i wonder how they would design red mage as a job with just 5 skills in difference to thaumaturg or white mage..

i mean would it really create a different feeling if you chose thm as the primary class for example, having fire, ice and thunder... and then just 3 melee skills and 2 enfeeble skills for example?
thats what it makes a red mage in difference to thaumaturge?

Application. Fire from a BLM could be different than Fire from a RDM. Effects and bonuses could be different. Not to mention methodology. Ranged nuke versus melee-range "finisher" spell. Seeing a RDM open up with Thrust, combo into Backsword and the finishing it with Fire at point-blank range sounds like something appropriate for the magic fencer, and have neat animations to boot.