I don't think we should ignore gear upgrades though, as RDM is such a gear dependent job that when it does give something that raises the bar on what we got, it literally is an update-level improvement.

Not to mention, Spontaneity should be given a honoerable mention even if the timer is a long one. The ability to bistow an instance of Quick Cast on anyone could potentially be pretty powerful. Especially if it were used to say, help a struggling tank get up shadows instantly, and still have the recast to do it again right after. Or giving that BLM the ability to cast Comet two times in quick succession. Or, say sometime in the middle of a wipe the WHM who's next on the hate list said "Oh crap, reraise fell."

I hate the timer on it, we're likely going to see a merit category for it too, which is annoying. But Temper isn't the grand sum of what RDM got this update. Gain STR, gear, and Spontaneity were received too.

As far as the Manifesto... More and more I'm thinking that was a mistranslation as far as the buffing aspects of the job.

Though please, more debuffs next patch, something that ONLY RDM can have.