Quote Originally Posted by Ruminate View Post
The only "Knight"(localized as Paladin) in non-remake, non-MMO FF games that had white magic was in FF4. In every other FF, "Knights" were frontline fighters with high damage. Infact, "Knights" were the class upgrade to Warriors in the original FF1.

The RDM was a frontline fighter that could cast black and white magic. If the class was a frontline fighter in the previous FF, then they were durable. The fact that they could cast Cure, Regen, Slow, Stop, Protect, Shell, etc. actually gave them an edge in survivability over other frontline fighters.
Actually, in the original FF Fighter upgraded to Knight, which could use low level white magic. They were more durable than Master or Ninja, but did a little less damage.