Quote Originally Posted by Supersun View Post
I'd actually debate that unless you have CDC that outside of abyssea AE and Sanguine Blade are better then Eviceration and Vorpal on Rdm respectively. (I hit a 1.1k AE with /Sch the other day in Rolanberry)

I mean I've mentioned this before but one of the easiest ways of bridging the gap for Rdm damage is to give us a powerful native elemental WS. I mean if we had Sanguine natively I'd debate that dual wielding OaX swords and spamming it would beat out just about anything except maybe CDC (outside of abyssea).

This is more a nitpick for if they actually do give us a good native elemental WS on sword otherwise your point still stands tall that crits are amazing.
Well, If it worked out like Primal Rend (Which was i think the only worthwhile Elemental WS ever, although its not much of a shiner today), I could see it being useful.

I don't think we'll be seeing new Weaponskills however... Although, If they just gave RDM sanguine blade Naturally it could be have some decent uses.

Realistically however, if with your best buffs/WS gear, It would still be painfully weak compared to what other DD can do. But if stacked with strong supportive buffs like the ones i listed above, stronger Enspell damage, etc... It could level the playing field a bit.

really though... Its probably doubtful RDM will get anything Melee related mostly due to how the general community would react. I think its too late in RDMs game for SE to consider adjustments like this. Even if they did come out and boost RDM melee proficiency, people would complain they didnt get a "Real update". (Cause lets face it, people are whiners. So am i though, FU Collaborater range improvement).

Thats the biggest problem to solve it seems..