I woke up on Wednesday wanting to play Red Mage in FFXIV for... basically the first time. I had previously unlocked it, gotten it to 60, and then forgotten about it. It clearly hasn't changed all that much since then, as I haven't even had to change up my hotbars. I've been having a blast the last couple of days as I slowly pick up the rhythm it demands and the possibilities it grants, and especially loving its sheer mobility for a caster class; it might even replace Machinist as my default DPS class, at this rate.
To be clear, this picture is from October, 2019. It was a combination of a costume theme and a celebration of Shadowbringers coming out earlier that year; the original title was "Balina and Dahlia become what they must". It still serves as a great point of comparison between these two dorks; Balina is stout and stubborn, Dahlia is light and skillful. Balina is my reality, Dahlia is my ideal.
I don't really think that I was specifically thinking of this image when the urge hit, more that Aisedza's been branching out a bit more over the last year, and RDM is very much a class that wants to do everything. This picture was never meant to be prophetic, but life has a funny way of making it such over time
🎨: @SunsetAria
