Now that SMN finally has Hastega II (along with a slew of other moderately useful buffs) is RDM still needed for anything?
As far as I can tell, without Haste II, RDM only uses now are as a sub par stun gun (when you can't find a SCH), Flurry II in RNG parties (though it is often more effective to simply add another RNG), and for debuffs (which have always had dubious utility).
I haven't noticed it yet, but it seems obvious that people will start preferring SMN over RDM for buffing parties, especially considering that a well geared SMN can easily deal more damage then a RDM can in addition to buffing the party.
So what happens now? Is there anything we can do to ensure RDM stays a viable party member, or do we just let it slide into solo obscurity?