Rebalancing and Redesigning Red mage (Suggestion)

[Harukusan]

Bad case scenario:
When you have people who specialize in a job field and they are KO'd no one is going to cover down on them during a crisis(You just lost your primary expert in that field) that could be fatal in certain situations. BLM, WHM, DD, any of these KO'd in battle and you never had a rdm in the pt the party just lost major ground rdm can fill the slots temporary.

Are you talking about EXP parties or a significant event relevant to today? If this is an Abyssea EXP party, by all means the RDM can step in and swing it's sword with all it's heart. No one cares. I'm not letting my RDM (especially if I'm the RDM) poke at VW NMs when it can fill a much more important role: do it's freaking job!

Think about it like this: We can compare 3 jobs here: RDM, WAR, and BLM. Assume that all physical and magical skills were all in one big mess of a category, that means elemental skill is right next to your dagger skill or whatever (the point is let's ignore the fact that they are physical/magical). A WAR has several weapons to choose from, so why, barring procing situations, does it solely prefer to use a great axe? BLM has many magical capabilities and even has dagger and scythe skills, but typically only utilizes elemental magic (omg no way!). They have enhancing skill, but you don't see them buffing anyone but themselves when they need to. For that matter, why doesn't a MNK DD with a staff? A RDM has sword and dagger skills available to them, does that mean they should utilize this function in any portion of the game that actually matters? Take a moment to think about what I'm going to say... WAR and BLM use their respective skills because they excel at them the most. A RDM's specialty is Enhancing and Enfeebling. While I see that Joyeuse collecting dust in my mog house, I'm never tempted to grab it because I keep myself busy constantly covering the job that I was gifted with. RDM covers the Hasting, the Refreshing, and yes, I still cast Phalanx 2 on the tanks and sometimes DD because my Enhancing skill far exceeds that of every PLD I have ever met by at least 100 levels. I do all the debuffing that allow my party to fight with greater ease. That's the role of a RDM. They make everyone's lives easier. Whether or not some people will recognize it is up to them, and quite frankly they can rot for all I care.

Not everything is immune to RDM, in fact I know this because my NIN sticks debuffs on Abyssean NMs frequently. If NIN can do that, RDM can do that much better.

Just remember this: Every time a RDM picks up a sword, a small child is spontaneously killed by the baby shaking fairy.