(03-29-2015, 04:11 PM)Nako Wrote: your point about tropes is a valid one, but I point to DRK, PLD and RDM one of which isn't mentioned at all in eorzea, but it a series staple. All three of these can wear armour, yet cast magic, DRK being offensive, PLD being restorative, and RDM being a bit of both but in typically lighter armour.
where do these fit into your mages cant wear armour theory?
First, RDM is not confirmed for FFXIV at this time. They're not terribly relevant, at least in context to this and your post.
Second, PLD can cast basic conjuration magic through cross-class skills, but I stated this, already: PLDs in the past have had the ability to cast simple White Magic. This is just a nod to established trends regarding the class in the series' history. Might I add that it's a grand total of 4 skills we're talking about, here? Ones that other classes can also use? If the ability to cast either Cure or Physick were enough to qualify a Job as a mage, every single job would be a Healer on the side.
Finally, DRK has barely been fleshed out in the time before the expansion's release, we know about as much about it as we do the Astrologian and Machinist. Saying "Oh yeah, they use magic!" is a big assumption, because although we know they use Darkness, we don't know how they go about it. Whether it even qualifies as a Magic is speculative, at best. (Unless you have canon material for me stating it is magic, outright, in which case, point the way!)
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