How Many Would Have Rather Seen RDM than SMN

[Gukswar]

This is technically a rdm/summoner

[Grey_Cain]

I really really really really really want Red Mage!...but. I have to be fair about this. Musketeer should probably be/have been the next choice. GLA with THM and CNJ abilities really is enough of a RDM to keep me happy for now.

Actually, what I really hope for is multiple job slots so that a Gladiator can equip both WHM and BLM to become a RDM.

If they stick with just one job slot, though, I could go for some RDM off of Musketeer (as a class with elemental bullets). They've already got the outfit. Just replace the sword with a gun and you're set!

[Yukagama]

I really really really really really want Red Mage!...but. I have to be fair about this. Musketeer should probably be/have been the next choice. GLA with THM and CNJ abilities really is enough of a RDM to keep me happy for now.

Actually, what I really hope for is multiple job slots so that a Gladiator can equip both WHM and BLM to become a RDM.

If they stick with just one job slot, though, I could go for some RDM off of Musketeer (as a class with elemental bullets). They've already got the outfit. Just replace the sword with a gun and you're set!

First of all Musketeer would not be Rdm as a job, why is that because of gun's. I think Musketeer would be corsair XD!

Fencer would be RDM for sure or mystic mage.

[Grey_Cain]

First of all Musketeer would not be Rdm as a job, why is that because of gun's. I think Musketeer would be corsair XD!

Fencer would be RDM for sure or mystic mage.

Well, if you want to port everything over from FFXI wholesale, sure. But this is a chance to break free, to give RDM a new role that isn't shackled to being a refresh/haste-bot!

And, I mean, one off-combo has already happened (*cough*ARC/BRD*cough*) to give RNG a cheap-shot in the gut. COR really just had that one showing in the series, after all. >_>

[Levian]

I think RDM was done right, at least in regards to accurate portrayal according to lore. B grade swordsmanship, access to all but the highest tiers of black and white magic. Problem is it didn't seem to take into account that it was placed in an MMO setting.

Problem was the playerbase pushed em to the back line alongside White and black mages. It was rare to see it used as anything other than a healing haste/refresh monkey. God help you if you drew your weapon to smack something in a party setting, you'd never hear the end of it.

The inherent problem with a jack of all trades job in an MMO environment is that adequate will never be seen as good enough. If you're an ok meelee/magic damage dealing job and anything better is available, guess what will be fulfilling the DD role? Not you. I'm sure I don't need to point this out, but the group that's always overpopulated in the MMO Holy trinity is damage dealing classes. And if you're an ok healer...well you're still a healer and in every MMO i've played healers are the scarcest role, so guess where you'll be pressed into service. Just look at XI's Summoners, stuck healing from about level 10 until the late 60s/early 70s just because they had the mana pool to scrape by in the healing role with whm subbed.

I'll go ahead and say it, if Redmage were to do anything other than buff/heal it would need to be a Spellsword capable of respectable damage. Not bottom rung, not "mediocre," I mean right there alongside the other damage dealing classes.

Edit: On topic, there are other things I would like to see rather than either. But between those released and Redmage, my honest preference is Redmage. To be honest though, an FF title needs a few core things. At this point it wouldn't feel like a Final Fantasy title without both Redmage (or something close to) and Summoner. But that's just me.

[Yumi_Hibiki]

SMN>>>RDM in my book so im very happy with the outcome, cant please everyone

[Punainen]

I really really want RDM. Its my alltime favorite class. Its been a FF staple since FF1 (along with thief, another favorite of mine), so I think its a shame that they seem to be holding out on us. Here's hoping we wont wait TOO long before they introduce a fencer class and give us RDM.

[Yukagama]

This guy right here.

SMN all the way something new and i want to see how SMN gameplay it's gonna be like, hear it's noting like FFXI, so we will see.

[Godking]

/BLU

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[TatlTael]

Not this guy. Summoning has always been one of my favorite aspects of the series and Summoner was my main in XI. The only reason I went more melee oriented in XIV so far is just because there is no Summoner. The moment I can play Arcanist though, I'm going to be all over it. With that said, I'd still like to see RDMs around town because they have awesome AF. Even though I'd probably not go for RDM, it would certainly add to the FF vibe to see others walking around as them.