Temper (A request)

[Thorbean]

If I had known you wanted to go that way I would have said "Refresh, Regen, Haste, Gain-STR/DEX, Phalanx, Spikes, Temper, Enspell, Stoneskin, Blink, Aquaveil+Barspells". :O

All of those last between 10 and 15 min when composured.
Having to spend an extra 15 sec prebuffing is not the reason they are behind in the melee department.

The reason BLU is better at melee is they have:
1: The gear
2: Dual Wield 3 + an attack boost without the need of a sub

RDM has:
1: very little melee gear
2: DW3 from sub OR an attack boost from sub.

[Duelle]

All of those last between 10 and 15 min when composured.
Having to spend an extra 15 sec prebuffing is not the reason they are behind in the melee department.

Swing timer reset + lost melee uptime + no procs from enspells due to not meleeing + no TP building due to no meleeing are part of the reason we are behind. Our nukes being completely separate from our melee model is also part of that, though that's a discussion for another day.

Yes, lack of melee gear is also part of it. Lack of dual wield as well (though I've yet to device a way to justify RDM ever getting dual wield).

Not sure why you're downplaying the spellcast load, though. All I'm saying is that while it would be nice, we do already have a number of things to cast on ourselves, and those should be made easier to set up or upkeep before we want to add any spells. The alternative would be, as mentioned in my previous post, to add something by way of job traits or job abilities to RDM.

[Demon6324236]

Yes, lack of melee gear is also part of it. Lack of dual wield as well (though I've yet to device a way to justify RDM ever getting dual wield).

I like the idea of mainhanding a sword and offhanding a dagger as a RDM only version of Dual Wield, and its not just because Excalibur/Mandau is the best DW combo either, but because it actually sounds awesome.