I was just reading through an old article I wrote about Red Mages.

Would you rather have a Black Mage and White Mage in your party, or a lone Red Mage to cover all bases?

Red Mages have different strengths depending on the game you're playing, so let's say for the sake of argument that you're playing a game where the Red Mage only learns mid level spells.

Would you rather have strong black and white magic users or one Red Mage in your party who is just okay at both in order to free up a party slot?