Quote Originally Posted by cidbahamut View Post
The problem isn't that it's the go-to healer, the problem is that it's the only healer.
Only SOLO healer.

Cure loads can be manged by multiple mages/jobs of varying types who have cure capacities.

Stack some MP on a war/whm...
And you wonder why I ask for buffs in the melee and buffing department? In light curing load situations RDM offers little to the table, buffs in both of these aspects would correct that easily.

Right now you may bring a single red mage per alliance if the monster isn't immune to enfeebles, but scholars have to compete with specialists when they focus on healing or nuking because they get incrementally worse as they swap between the two.
Scholar already seems to be getting a better line of unique spells, particularly in the 2hr department. Not only do I expect our enfeebling game to improve for more difficult monsters, and that Scholar get a more unique set of spells to assit with, that's part of my flat out demands in them filling the order they put out with the Manifesto.

Honestly, I have the same policy for us main healing, as people do for Red Mages melee. When it matters, you're not supposed to be the one doing it over a specalist. Only difference is, because you CAN do it safely, you can help out. But I would expect the main role of a RDM would be to support with buffs and enfeeble, tossing out back up cures, status cures, and nukes when available to do so.

But there's no reason to expect RDM to solo heal difficult situations. Either split the duty or invite a WHM and have us support it. We have a specialty and we should be doing that, it just needs to be improved upon.