Oh look more swords blu cant use! >.>

[Defiledsickness]

well it's not like SE HAD to make it a rapier, so they obviously didn't want blu to have it. honestly Almace makes Blu so much of a melee DD that im sure they didn't want us to offhand these swords. Blu has to be a somewhat difficult job or it would become the only job used (like nin).

i dont really see how a rdm would need this more then a blu tho, but at least PLD gets it. Rdm is still a great DD as it always was, basically a dot beast who must never get hit. its not as easy as nin since rdm hasn't gotten any improvements to its shadow tools, but with shell5 rdm is still great.

so yes it sucks we don't get it, but its not a huge deal.

[Rearden]

well it's not like SE HAD to make it a rapier, so they obviously didn't want blu to have it. honestly Almace makes Blu so much of a melee DD that im sure they didn't want us to offhand these swords. Blu has to be a somewhat difficult job or it would become the only job used (like nin).

i dont really see how a rdm would need this more then a blu tho, but at least PLD gets it. Rdm is still a great DD as it always was, basically a dot beast who must never get hit. its not as easy as nin since rdm hasn't gotten any improvements to its shadow tools, but with shell5 rdm is still great.

so yes it sucks we don't get it, but its not a huge deal.

......what?

[Scuro]

I wouldn't say RDM is a "Great DD" hence the vision SE planned out for them is to be enfeebler/buffers not DDs, yet what I will say is that they "Can DD". That is a more fitting description of their capability on the front line. As I've said 100 times, DD RDMs out there, if you want to be a DD RDM, be a BLU.... its the reason the class was invented lol.

[Ryozen]

It could be worst, you could be a job with no mp that only gets mage gear every update like pup.... ...PUP yet again gets great access to Mag Att, MP, and all the stats a mage would kill for.......with no native mp or spells.....Good Job SE.

Mage gear like this: http://ffxi.gamerescape.com/wiki/Cirque_Attire_%2B2_Set
and this: http://ffxi.gamerescape.com/wiki/Usukane_Haramaki_Set

Right?

I'm pretty sure the folks over in the RDM melee thread would splooge on themselves for access to that sort of gear.

[Defiledsickness]

what is INT for on pup? reduces chance of overloading?

but Rdm IS a good DD. back at 80 cap you would choose Rdm to solo almost every NM in abyssea (first 3 zones). Because you have magic defense that no other job gets (you're not soloing on whm), you can /nin and have stoneskin+blink+phalanx, protect, aquaveil, bar-spells, and awesome enfeebles. the part that makes rdm not a GREAT DD is that it takes forever to kill something with auto-attack. but add an almace and you've fixed the problem. i've trio'd Dark Ixion quite a few times more recently and Nin+kannagi and Rdm+Almace are interchangeable tanks for him. and the only way they swapped hate was Dmg and taking dmg of course. (1-2k ws's outside abyssea is good in my book)

and rdm can use all the trial swords (staves too i believe). the reason the community normally would nuke over straight-DDing is because Rdm has gravity and Blizzard 4 is more impressive then melee dmg. if you already have a DD job tho, you should have great gear for your rdm. Atheling Mantle, brutal earring, raja's ring, etc.

Edit: ok let me change it; rdm is not a great DD, rdm is a great soloing job and a survivable DD. drk is a great DD but drk is not great for soloing :P

[Prothscar]

drk is a great DD

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[Zagen]

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Compared to melee RDM it is >.> LOL not that that's saying much

[Defiledsickness]

i didnt mean in abyssea trying to crit ws geez. at some point take the complete literal sense and tone it down a notch. more understanding, less trying to prove people wrong.

i picked drk because drk would get owned trying to solo. can replace it with drg or war if you want. or w/e an actual DD is these days... i guess you can just keep my comment about Rdm being good. i mean you can do as much on Rdm as you can on blu, nin, or dnc. if you're a spam spells blu DD then you dont know much anyways :P

the only downfall to rdm is you have to use Slashing dmg, and Vorpal Blade isn't very impressive. the upside is you dont need MM because you have refresh2.

[Zagen]

i didnt mean in abyssea trying to crit ws geez. at some point take the complete literal sense and tone it down a notch. more understanding, less trying to prove people wrong.

i picked drk because drk would get owned trying to solo. can replace it with drg or war if you want. or w/e an actual DD is these days... i guess you can just keep my comment about Rdm being good. i mean you can do as much on Rdm as you can on blu, nin, or dnc. if you're a spam spells blu DD then you dont know much anyways :P

the only downfall to rdm is you have to use Slashing dmg, and Vorpal Blade isn't very impressive. the upside is you dont need MM because you have refresh2.

RDM DD sucks inside and outside of Abyssea when compared to a traditional DD job.

DRK/NIN is actually a fairly good soloer with Drain/2, Dread Spikes, Weapon Bash, Stun, Absorb spells.

If you're attempting to RDM DD you shouldn't be using sword to DD unless you have Almace. Dagger's speed combined with En-spell damage as well as Eviseration > Vorpal Blade. Also Vorpal Blade is only available to RDM with these subs /WAR, /DRK, /BLU, or /PLD. Only /BLU is a good solo option and that's situational.

[Defiledsickness]

but you cant to magian trials for daggers on rdm. you can get great PDT- set with 1 or 2 -10% sword. also MAB swords to keep your TP through occ. nukes or m.acc swords. i just like swords, highest skill and fully merited :P i've never done great dmg with daggers and havent seen any good ones Rdm can use. i agree sword WS dmg is lame save Almace, but blu/pld get sanguine blade which is hot for restoring HP (rdm completely shafted on WS's that fit the job :P)

if they give Rdm new defensive buffs (magic stoneskin? blink2? migawari-type buff?) you could possibly rdm/drk with stun you'd be like blu/rdm.