
The white mage is the primary healing job in final fantasy xi, this job has alot of magic points or Mana for short, which it uses to keep its team alive. This job and jobs like it are fundimental in the survival of game play such as partying and gaining levels. Without a healer there would be nobody to keep the damage jobs and tankng jobs alive, which is why White mages play a vital role in this game.

The red mage is a combination of many jobs, first and formost it is a healing class, which keeps a party going, this job also can buff or increase its teams strength and status which make the team or party more efficient. What makes this mage job stick out is that it can weild a sword as well as the traditional stalf which makes this job stick out amongst the rest.

The Black Mage is a damage based mage which pushes most of its magic points into killing the enemy, and putting negatve buffs on them. This job class is extremely strong against many enemys and is only limited to the amount of spells and magic points the user has.