one ray of hope if you still want to rdm, the new end-game content is moving away from aby, rdm may gain relevance again as it comes out. Refresh 2 is awesome when there is no atma, etc. on the table, other stuff is the same. current design hints seem to be that you'll level in aby (and maybe skill), but do your new (90+) end-game elsewhere, seemingly voidwatch and WoE if they keep expanding those. if relic armor +2 happens dynamis may turn into something big again. Note, this is all an "if"; it's possible rdm may turn back into as strong a role as it was in the bird-camp meripo days or may stay as excluded as it is now in todays bandwagon environment, can't really say. The only thing certain, some job will gain ascendancy, other jobs will be marginalized. It's just the way things have worked since the game was made.