Quote Originally Posted by Toadie-Odie View Post
I don't think Auspice was intended to make WHM a front line job in a party; I think it was intended to be mainly a party buff with a mild boost for solo play.
Auspice itself is very party-centric, and is more for the 10~20% Subtle Blow it gives. While I'd still like to see it get a full three minute duration to be in line with buffs like Haste, it is a decent stand alone spell.

If anything was supposed to assist White Mage's front line role, that would probably be Afflatus Misery itself though. The ability does nothing but encourage front lining, Cura and Banish spells requiring the White Mage to take damage to buff them, Esuna's mechanism for removal requiring the White Mage to get debuffed too, and even the slight boost to Auspice to make it like an Enspell II.

The main problem is that Afflatus Solace does everything better, from Magic Defense Bonus to prevent the damage in the first place with barspells, the Holy Laser, Curaga spells just being purely better then Cura spells from the beginning to the end, and that sweet, sweet cureskin making anyone hit with a single target cure that much more survivable.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Red Mage. As said before I'd like to see Red Mage's enspells, particularly the tier II spells get a buff, but this has nothing to do with comparing things to White Mage. If you really want a good argument for Red Mage getting better enspells, I think it would be Temper - Red Mage has a good native multihit ability, so shouldn't tier II enspells synergize with this well? Or even a question about enspell II spells being better then their tier I counterparts?