Wasn't the reason a lot of people wanted to make a fire type was they wanted to make a fire type that was different than Infernape (a clearly offensive pokemon) and Heatran (more offensive, but can function as a tank, making it relatively balanced), the main two fire types currently used?
Considering the number of fire types that are offensive, I don't want to make an offensive Pokemon. I prefer to make a balanced pokemon, because then it has room for more technically viable sets and it has the ability to function well in more roles.
Besides, we already made Syclant (Clearly an offensive Pokemon) and Revenankh (mainly functioning as a defensive pokemon), so I'd like to try something new.