take rdm out if ffxi

[elqplau]

Rdm so gimped it not even fun to play...if u don't 'heal''buff''debuff' you can't do anything why bother giving us swords when they are useless? I've got a su2 blurred sword capped merited weapon combined totatal of 646 attack at 868 and defence 863 and that does me no good I can't hit even first their nm's in eachan..I may as well get an onion sword for all the good it does...I don't ask to be super melee but I play solo so I don't do the brd/whm/cor thing...I started the game rdm at least could defend itself now its less than useless...please fix rdm

[Shirai]

And what other gear, besides the weapon, do you melee in exactly?

[elqplau]

ATM mostly teon gear but trying for better can't really do anything soloing caps slow but people only want bst for that..when I do find a decent place its always taken over by bst zergs then I have to go somewhere else...as I said at least give us the chance to defend ourselves... I can take hate from most if I try but I'm immediately KO'd...its harder 'not' to grab hate than to get it

[Daisansha]

Rdm so gimped it not even fun to play...if u don't 'heal''buff''debuff' you can't do anything why bother giving us swords when they are useless? I've got a su2 blurred sword capped merited weapon combined totatal of 646 attack at 868 and defence 863 and that does me no good I can't hit even first their nm's in eachan..I may as well get an onion sword for all the good it does...I don't ask to be super melee but I play solo so I don't do the brd/whm/cor thing...I started the game rdm at least could defend itself now its less than useless...please fix rdm

Don't know what RDM you play, but the one I play on is very powerful. With zero buffs, no food, just the plain gear on, I have 974 accuracy and 1,034 attack in my normal TP set. I am almost always taking hate and end up tanking because my swords are swinging at about hundred fists speed. I suggest you work on your gear more. Get a good main hand sword that will do good WS damage (Murgleis, Excalibur, augmented Colada or augmented Claidheamh Soluis) and offhand something like Demersal Degen+1. For your armor, I suggest Taeon augmented with accuracy/attack +20/+20, triple attack+2, and STR/DEX +7/+7. If you can swing it, get Carmine Cuisses +1. Also look into getting Combatant's Torque, Windbuffet Belt +1, Bleating Mantle, Suppanomimi, and Eabani Earring. Get your Job Points up to 1,200 so you have Temper 2 (I have 40% or so Triple Attack with spell + gear). RDM is overly strong right now.... so much so that along with some other jobs (BLU, BST, GEO, PUP, SCH, SMN) I'd say it needs to be nerfed.

[Hyrist]

Don't know what RDM you play, but the one I play on is very powerful. With zero buffs, no food, just the plain gear on, I have 974 accuracy and 1,034 attack in my normal TP set. I am almost always taking hate and end up tanking because my swords are swinging at about hundred fists speed. I suggest you work on your gear more. Get a good main hand sword that will do good WS damage (Murgleis, Excalibur, augmented Colada or augmented Claidheamh Soluis) and offhand something like Demersal Degen+1. For your armor, I suggest Taeon augmented with accuracy/attack +20/+20, triple attack+2, and STR/DEX +7/+7. If you can swing it, get Carmine Cuisses +1. Also look into getting Combatant's Torque, Windbuffet Belt +1, Bleating Mantle, Suppanomimi, and Eabani Earring. Get your Job Points up to 1,200 so you have Temper 2 (I have 40% or so Triple Attack with spell + gear). RDM is overly strong right now.... so much so that along with some other jobs (BLU, BST, GEO, PUP, SCH, SMN) I'd say it needs to be nerfed.

I realize this thread is dated, but I'm returning to the game and I've been working on getting my RDM back in shape. I noted this this post specifically as some goal points for my frontline gear and had wondered how much of this could actually be soloed with Trusts.

To state clearly; I'm wanting to do progress as far as I can on my own so I am at the best I can be when asking others to accept my playstyle to assist in improving it. (I'm just flatly not interested in back-lining on my Red Mage.)

So, primarily what I'm looking for is a route to take towards this goal. My goals are to have multiple sets to switch between during what instances they are needed. (TP set, WS set, various caster sets.) And work to improve them. Research, sadly only gives me a vague idea of what the end goals are, not so much what gear and events done will lead me into what capacity to get things done on my own.

So any help here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[shaduf]

Rdm so gimped it not even fun to play...if u don't 'heal''buff''debuff' you can't do anything why bother giving us swords when they are useless? I've got a su2 blurred sword capped merited weapon combined totatal of 646 attack at 868 and defence 863 and that does me no good I can't hit even first their nm's in eachan..I may as well get an onion sword for all the good it does...I don't ask to be super melee but I play solo so I don't do the brd/whm/cor thing...I started the game rdm at least could defend itself now its less than useless...please fix rdm

strange you are saying that, RDM is still playing an important part in events game, what set gears do you use?

[dasva]

Rdm so gimped it not even fun to play...if u don't 'heal''buff''debuff' you can't do anything why bother giving us swords when they are useless? I've got a su2 blurred sword capped merited weapon combined totatal of 646 attack at 868 and defence 863 and that does me no good I can't hit even first their nm's in eachan..I may as well get an onion sword for all the good it does...I don't ask to be super melee but I play solo so I don't do the brd/whm/cor thing...I started the game rdm at least could defend itself now its less than useless...please fix rdm

Um what you could get stats like that solo before ilvl even came out. Heck defensively I had higher stats like that in my rdm solo/tank set back at 75.

As far as hitting nms go I'd suggest getting a full set of ilvl gear and some of it with acc just like everyone else has to to hit. If you gear up really well you can actually be a super melee. Check out Protey's vids. Guy melee rdm solos all kinds of stuff that most jobs simply can't

Also we have trusts now so you can still be a buffer or a nuker or whatever when solo.

[elqplau]

ATM mostly gear from revives teon/tech can't get to much gear have a hard time even doing wkr

[Shirai]

Sounds to me, as others say, like a gear problem. Something you'd also have if you were going on a real melee job. (No, not going there)
If you want to hit things of those levels consistently then you better prepare to suit up, weapons alone aren't enough.

As Daisansha sais, get some Skirmish gear and augment it, replace those SU2 weapons with some proper swords and augment those too.
(That said, you can skip most of the SU1/2 line, almost none of that gear actually is "Superior")
He is rather specific about what to get and how to augment it too. Oh, and invest in food.
Yes, it's going to cost time and likely a lot of gil, if you aren't willing to make that commitment you'll have to make due with only being able to whack the lower tier stuff because the big game isn't made to be defeated that easy.

[Raydeus]

Wait, how are you having acc problems with Taeon gear on (I'm assuming you have a full set properly augmented here), you get so much extra acc from it and other sources I've already forgotten about our B skill rating.