RDM Balance ...

[Ophannus]

Curing on RDM is becoming almost as worthless as meleeing. By asking a RDM to spam Cure IV, you might as well be asking the BRD/WHM or SMN/WHM to be Curing, as RDM has no distinct advantage over those jobs at Curing. The only reasons why the RDM will be asked to Cure over the BRD or SMN despite having the same tier of Cure is because RDM isn't much better at any other task currently and therefore has nothing else to do except reapply debuffs(if applicable) and Haste a melee or two. In the half dozen LS I've been in, having a RDM in mage parties for Refresh II has never been an explicit priority as MP regeneration has now become something that mages take into their own hands now with /RDM and /SCH such that Refresh II is an utter novelty, much like how melees all now sub NIN or SAM for some kind of shadows and nobody cycles SMNs for Earthen Ward/Aerial Armor like in 2003.

[saevel]

Curing on RDM is becoming almost as worthless as meleeing. By asking a RDM to spam Cure IV, you might as well be asking the BRD/WHM or SMN/WHM to be Curing, as RDM has no distinct advantage over those jobs at Curing. The only reasons why the RDM will be asked to Cure over the BRD or SMN despite having the same tier of Cure is because RDM isn't much better at any other task currently and therefore has nothing else to do except reapply debuffs(if applicable) and Haste a melee or two. In the half dozen LS I've been in, having a RDM in mage parties for Refresh II has never been an explicit priority as MP regeneration has now become something that mages take into their own hands now with /RDM and /SCH such that Refresh II is an utter novelty, much like how melees all now sub NIN or SAM for some kind of shadows and nobody cycles SMNs for Earthen Ward/Aerial Armor like in 2003.

Depends on your shell's tactics really. Inside abyssea I'm always BLU or WAR, but outside when we do VWNM's, T3VNM's or the T4 evil dragon of death, I go RDM, usually /DRK but /SCH is also an option. I'm in the tank party which consists of PLD PLD WHM BRD RDM <Other>, its usually me babysitting the WHM's and making sure things roll on. If I'm /DRK then I'll be main stunner, something I'm pretty good at, otherwise I'll be /SCH. Some of those mobs put up 2~3 status ailments that need to be removed from both tanks asap, thats 4~6 -na / erase casts which is too much for a single WHM to handle. Also just general support as needed, my plate gets pretty full. The only things I'm doing that a full WHM couldn't do is Slow II, Dia III full time (Addle if applicable), fully powered Refresh II on healers, and for when the times right, saboteur Dia III which is one helluva way to slaughter a NM.

Also I don't think people understand how job selection works. Leaders don't have an infinite list of any / all available jobs they chose from. They make due with what's available in the LS, which is how RDM got stuck healing so much to begin with. We have Cure IV and it was just enough to get by, so we got the job.

[Economizer]

RDM has no distinct advantage over those jobs at Curing.

Apparently Fast Cast and mass amounts of mind gear don't exist.