Originally Posted by
Ophannus
RDM got hit hard with level cap. All of it's unique spells and abilities became subbable with no scaline or nerfing. Convert? Full strength. Refresh? Full potency. Haste? same as RDM main. But when RDM wants to sub Scholar? Half potency Sublimation, reduced strategems, no Light Arts/Dark Arts bonus for Helices or Regens, nerfed Helix duration. Sub White Mage? No Afflatus Misery or Afflatus Solace, sub NIN? 3 shadows on Utsusemi: Ni instead of 4, sub Bard? 1 song.
Almost every sub gets reduced power except for /RDM which gives WHM, BLM, SCH, GEO and SMN a huge boost to flexibility. If a RDM subs GEO they get terribly weak Geomancy because no Handbells and halved Geo skill. If a RDM subs SMN they get a level 49 Avatar. But if a GEO or SCH sub /RDM? Full strength Convert, full strength everything. Either nerf some of /RDM's abilities to make RDM main more unique, or boost the effectiveness of other support jobs. Why can't we get Afflatus Solace/Misery/Yonin/Innin but everyone and their mother can get Convert. At least give RDM traits that reduce the HP tradeoff for Convert similar to Souleater's traits.