Interesting Suggestion

[saevel]

Kk, with all the fuss goin on for RDM lately, I figured why not throw my two gil in? I get mixed thoughts on this when I mention it, but considering that RDM is the amalgamation of whm and blm, I thought of a possibility that everyone might be happy with for rdm:

Job Ability: Spellweave
Recast Time: 5 Minutes
Duration: 30 seconds

Allows Red Mage to "Combine" two spells, creating a new spell list. This can range from a combination of spells, or if casting two of the same spell, will cast a spell of the next tier. (I.E. 2 Cure IV = Cure V, 2 Bio III = Bio IV, Regen + Refresh = Regain, Protect + Shell = Wall)

To make a downside for it, double the recast timer for said spells when used under this effect. If two of the same spell, triple recast timer. Thoughts? I've always wanted to see something of this effect in the game, and tbh, if anyone watches/remembers the official game video for this, the story of Wolfgang (i think its him anyway), during the battle at night, you see mages casting simultaneously to create a single stronger spell. They were blms, but imo rdm should get this ability, and let blm have doublecast.

Too difficult to code on the server side. Plus your really just doing if for a backdoor Cure V access, although at 5 min I don't see it changing much.

Just create new spells, easier and less room for SE to screw up.

[Moonracer]

Too difficult to code on the server side. Plus your really just doing if for a backdoor Cure V access, although at 5 min I don't see it changing much.

Just create new spells, easier and less room for SE to screw up.

Actually i'm against RDM getting Cure V

Lol and if you wanna go with the majority of people who complain about stuff, apparently it doesnt take much to code anything.

[Daniel_Hatcher]

Actually i'm against RDM getting Cure V

Lol and if you wanna go with the majority of people who complain about stuff, apparently it doesnt take much to code anything.

Stuff like Temper it doesn't, they're just adding something already in the game. Your suggestion doesn't exist so this does require quite a bit. That said, you've more chance suggesting it for SCH or WHM, if SE did like the idea they wouldn't give it to RDM.

[Moonracer]

Stuff like Temper it doesn't, they're just adding something already in the game. Your suggestion doesn't exist so this does require quite a bit. That said, you've more chance suggesting it for SCH or WHM, if SE did like the idea they wouldn't give it to RDM.

Well i was thinking this for rdm because of being able to access multiple schools of magic. WHM is pretty much thrown out of this already for that exact reason imo. wouldnt see too much use for it anyway. SCH already has both schools, but has to use strategems and such to be able to access either/or, so makes it unrealistic. BLM could have a use for this, but blm has enough already lol, which leaves the best for last, RDM. I know it'd take a bit of coding, but most of that would be for the ability to do such itself. More than likely they'd create a new job based around this, which would be cool, but suck at the same time, but imo this would be one of the best options for rdm, accessing somewhat a whole new spell list for them.

[ManaKing]

More than likely they'd create a new job based around this, which would be cool, but suck at the same time, but imo this would be one of the best options for rdm, accessing somewhat a whole new spell list for them.

The Bold is what would actually happen if they took the time to code all this. The underlined is what would actually help RDM...new spells.

[Moonracer]

The Bold is what would actually happen if they took the time to code all this. The underlined is what would actually help RDM...new spells.

Naturally, but gotta be more specific than just saying "New spells would help RDM", because in doin so, makes them thing "Oh, we'll just throw them whatever and they'll like it"

[ManaKing]

Actually for RDM, you don't. People can request certain things on RDM, but honestly any spell that does anything on RDM of value is right for RDM. More nukes, more enfeebles, more healing magic, more enhancing, too a much lesser extend divine and dark. You really can't go wrong.

RDMs biggest problem right now is that it just doesn't have the spell library that other jobs have so they don't have a niche. It's perfectly fine to have jobs be different, but at this point, the game is give everyone their own magic and hope they like it. Temper is a good spell, but it isn't exactly what everyone wanted (I love the thing). For RDM, you really couldn't go wrong giving us more enfeebles or even making it so our enfeebles actually work. If someone that says they play RDM and doesn't want Enfeebles, then I find them highly suspect.

If you want Bio 4 for RDM, just say Bio 4. It really doesn't have to be more complicated than that. If you want traits or job abilities that actually do something, then specify those as well.

I want Poison 3 and more dark magic. I want at least Regen 3 and I would appreciate if they would look at how enhancing magic goes into Regen spells, since it is enhancing magic.

[saevel]

Actually i'm against RDM getting Cure V

Lol and if you wanna go with the majority of people who complain about stuff, apparently it doesnt take much to code anything.

*Laugh* yeah some people...

I'm in favor of making things as easy as possible for implementation. The more complicated something is the more places for something to go wrong or to be broken. FFXI has a veritable graveyard full of "good ideas" that had horrible execution / implementation.