[dev1024] Job adjustments - RDM

[Scuro]

would have been nice if it was pt member castable....
even so. its not a bad spell... and yes rdm is a weak melee
will this fix rdm weak melee? not at all... there is the problem
stack this with giving rdm an A sword skill (at least A- like blu), what seperates a job like pld from rdm should be A+ to A- not ~30 skill points (even more when u consider pld and blu get sword boosts from gear). our gear is highly favored to mage as well. i dunno bout it yet. we'll see i guess

No, because RDM is a Buffer/Healer/Nuker class, with the CAPABILITY to solo DD and should not rival BLU, or else it would make the class irrelevant and a waste of designer time. This is why RDM does not get our DD WSs natively and why they are given a sword skill too low to rival our own. They also receive no native DD traits, therefore, it is not a DD class of any sort. The point of being a DD is that you are given traits or the capability to receive traits that enhance your DD capability. As most RDMs in this thread know, I'm the one that comes in when the post with a crown on it get s posted in. Hi, I'm Scuro, and I'll be putting out this fire today. BTW Shiyo a pleasure as always to see you fighting the good fight haha.

P.S
In defense of PUP's as a PUP enthusiast myself, there is nothing wrong with the AI when it comes to curing, just PUPs bitch when they have to work hard to actually be fantastic at the job as it is capable of. While PUP isn't the best main party curer, god damn can it cure people in a pinch (my cousin (PUP) kept me (BLU) healed against a pugil in golden salvage at 75 with his automaton as we duo'd it, and killed it). Of course it can't save someone that is taking damage like a ugly red headed step child. In short, PUPs want the ability to not be good at their job, and still be acknowledged as skilled at it.

[Scuro]

That and like I pointed out in an older post, jobs are only complex as you make them out to be. Any RDM who has pride in their efforts know damn well it can be the hardest job to maintain at an efficient level because of it's capacity to do so much. RDM however does needs time to cast their very extensive list of spells to become efficient and worthwhile which works well in long fights, BLU's strength lies in zerg tactics (magic or melee) dealing out massive damage as quickly as possible. Conversely, BLU's lack mp efficiency and tends to run out quickly (and die quickly from hate spikes) making it difficult in long fights, RDM on the other hand have slow nukes with spike damage a good league behind dedicated nukers and with monsters dieing within 30 seconds more than half our spells become pointless to cast which reduces our optimalness significantly in zerg situations.

Your playing it wrong, depending on what a BLU is doing, we do not lack MP efficiency, hence Battery Charge, and depending on where, atmas. I never run out of MP, and only those that are not paying attention or do not realize hate generation pull hate and die. Its called learn to Occultation/Shadow, if you are dying either your party sucks, or you suck. Especially since I have an Epona's Ring and a Atheling mantle for my TP set up, stop wasting so much MP, and let yourself hit the mob. Build that TP for stronger hits with C.A.

Gear dictates what jobs do?! Oh that explains this.

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/231396

Makes perfect sense now. I see just how things work, thanks for enlightening me Scuro.

No, because RDM is a Buffer/Healer/Nuker class, with the CAPABILITY to solo DD and should not rival BLU, or else it would make the class irrelevant and a waste of designer time. This is why RDM does not get our DD WSs natively and why they are given a sword skill too low to rival our own. They also receive no native DD traits, therefore, it is not a DD class of any sort. The point of being a DD is that you are given traits or the capability to receive traits that enhance your DD capability. As most RDMs in this thread know, I'm the one that comes in when the post with a crown on it get s posted in. Hi, I'm Scuro, and I'll be putting out this fire today. BTW Shiyo a pleasure as always to see you fighting the good fight haha.

You must sink a lot, because your dense, I said that Job Traits of a DD form dictate the job, last I checked, BRD has none. While it is capable for great DD gear (ironically enough) it still has no Job traits, next time when you post, do read. Notice how I said nothing about having gear with DD stats.

What the job needs is new enfeebs and new buffs, ones that will set it apart from other opposing jobs. Now that it has lost a great enfeeble spell to WHM, its going to need to make up some of that lost ground. I still have no idea why they let WHM have that. That is what is needed from the class.

P.S
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