Red Mage Melee Ideas

[ManaKing]

no it was a tank. now it's just a job that didn't keep up. the difference between a tank and what a RDM does currently is that in order for a RDM to tank, it has to be able to hold hate. It really doesn't do that anymore. You can tank if you are in the company of poorly geared DDs.

Sanguine Blade would be so absurdly overpowered for RDM... I would just sub dancer and build a 100 TP Bonus sword for mainhand and use -PDT sword in offhand and never die to anything, ever.

Then again, I haven't tried it outside of Abyssea.

You would deal better damage and be more survivable with an INT/MAB sword instead of a TP bonus sword. TP bonus only increases the amount of the damage you absorb and INT and MAB greatly increase the damage you can output.

I usually walk around with a PDT sword on and have around 30% PDT at 25% Haste. It's really pleasant.

I would urge you to walk around outside Abyssea. You'll find things are very different. Sanguine Blade is a defensive tool compared to other things your RDM can acquire. There are always things that will kill you. The trick is killing them before they can manage to kill you.

[Rooj]

Your'e telling me a INT/MAB sword is going to make up for 25% of Sanguine Blade's damage being converted to HP?

[Demon6324236]

Immanence would allow RDMs to self skill chain, so that they could use magic burst for both the damage aspect of nukes or the accuracy aspect of enfeebling.

I wouldn't expect them to give us Immanence just because its a SCH ability. However if they were to add the ability for your next spell to skillchain onto Spontaneity, it would be instant cast it would be easy to perform self skillchains with it. Thats more the route I would take on that idea myself.

[saevel]

Sanguine Blade would be so absurdly overpowered for RDM... I would just sub dancer and build a 100 TP Bonus sword for mainhand and use -PDT sword in offhand and never die to anything, ever.

Then again, I haven't tried it outside of Abyssea.

I could just stand there, with atmas on .. and never die to anything ... ever again .....

But haven't tried it outside abyssea...

[saevel]

Your'e telling me a INT/MAB sword is going to make up for 25% of Sanguine Blade's damage being converted to HP?

My head ... ... ... hurting ... so much ...

[Kojo]

[Neisan_Quetz]

Please stop making my head hurt too much.

TP bonus and Int swords are bad and you should feel bad for even having such thoughts.

[Plasticleg]

Sanguine Blade would be so absurdly overpowered for RDM... I would just sub dancer and build a 100 TP Bonus sword for mainhand and use -PDT sword in offhand and never die to anything, ever.

Then again, I haven't tried it outside of Abyssea.

Farm up a Glav set.
Eat a Disgorge.
Reevaluate statement.

[Rooj]

I tank those worms without any problems?

[Rooj]

I haven't used a Sanguine Blade atma setup in Abyssea. It's not like the WS would be doing so much less DMG outside.