Time Mage Awareness

[Syrokko]

Adding a job that exists purely for support roles is counter-productive and kills class balance.

According to this logic, adding Red Mage to XI was "counter-productive" (lol).
Kills class balance...? Explain exactly how...

[Malakhim]

I'm still not entirely sure why people want Red Mage in the first place. From what I'm understanding, people want the FFXI incarnation of RDM, but if we go back to the Final Fantasy V job system, RDM really only had lower level White and Black magic. The en- spells belonged to sorcerer and Haste, Slow, etc. all belonged to time mage. If you want the "traditional" Red Mage, which in and of itself is just a hybrid class, then from 1.0's specs(har har using dead stuff) all you had to do was give Gladiator White and Black magic. Taa dah! You have a Red Mage!

Personally speaking though, I think Red Mage looks totally pimp, and I think that's why people want it in there, and why not? He has a bloody(crimson to be exact) pimp hat! That's way better than Time Mage's FFT condom thing!

I would love for them to take the sort of-but not really creativity they gave RDM in FFXI, but actually turn Red Magic into its own fully-fledged discipline. Red Magic should be all about sacrifice. You have to give a certain portion of your own stamina(or HP) to use magic, whether it be using a self-drain to heal allies or use your own blood as a medium to deal a massive AoE fire blast or something. I dunno! Get creative!

Oh yeah, and something about Time Mage being cool.

[AmyNeudaiz]

something about Time Mage being cool.

The only thing on topic on your post.


Why do people keep on about Red Mage in a Time Mage thread?

[Alerith]

The only thing on topic on your post.


Why do people keep on about Red Mage in a Time Mage thread?

People like to confuse them as the being in the same role, with the same spells and abilities as if they were the same job, renamed from game to game...