Red Mage as possible new tank class

[Stormsoul]

mmm, i dunno. if we're going to do something unexpected with FF classes and tanking i'd rather see Blue Mage done as a tank, rather than RDM. BLU at least has a history of being all about finding monsters with rare abilities, and having them melt your face off to learn them -- that's something you could build on for a tank class. RDM imo should be a melee DPS with a trait that lets them instacast spells (or dualcast them!) after they stack up a buff or on a random proc. RDM has never had the heaviest armor or shields, and has never really been known for evading or parrying stuff, so i don't really feel it has much to go on as a tank job.

i think the next tank we'll see would probably be SAM (ff5's SAM was pretty tanky with Shirahadori parrying a ton of hits for free). i can't see DRK being a tank as it's always been about sacrificing your HP to deal more damage. NIN could go either way i guess, one one hand it's always been a beast at evading hits, but on the other hand it's intended role has always been damage.