Quote Originally Posted by Mack View Post
Black Mage = Black Magic. White Mage = White Magic. I'll give you Blue Mage but the other two say more about the class than the current names....who the hell even knew the word Thaumaturge existed before this game??? get real man. And on top of this, FFXI didn't create those names, they've been in plenty other FF titles too. This said I don't really care for a name change but your reasoning can be better.
Thaumatuge- from greek, means "miracle worker". Attributed to those who perform magic feats.

This class has been used in many other mmos before this one, doomwing thaumaturge, tae ew thaumaturge, wow's thaumaturges, and...

Vanguard Thaumaturge- Quadav Black mage in Dynamis.