[dev1042] Sad Day

[Siiri]

It's not so much that Blue is getting overpowered, they just get so much. The title is very appropriate, but not just for red mage, for almost all the jobs. Unless they holding back and releasing new spells later, its just all so underwhelming. Where is meteor? Where is the red mage new powerful enfeebles? Where is drk's final new powerful drk spell? And that is just the tip of the iceberg. Every job should be excited for 99, right now its blue and bst and maybe smn from this update notes. Just sad.

[Lilia]

Where is the red mage new powerful enfeebles?

GRAVITY II

[Siiri]

GRAVITY II

LOL, what is sad is so many players make pretty good suggestions on the forums. Even if their staff is low these days they could lift some ideas from there. Some of the red mages spent a lot of time on the "pain" thread, its 10 pages long. There were suggestions from drks as well. Us black mages were just expecting meteor, since they said they were giving it. These are just jobs I use /am familiar with. I am not mad, just disappointed. Maybe they have more coming.

[Zirael]

[...] Us black mages were just expecting meteor, since they said they were giving it. These are just jobs I use /am familiar with. I am not mad, just disappointed. Maybe they have more coming.

I hope I'm wrong, but this might suggest Meteor will be a Merit3 spell, similar to AM2 before.
As for RDM, devs seem to be unsure what to do with the job. Our healing sucks (and don't give me that 'buuuuuut RDM can reach +50% cure poteeeency!' - so what? SMN SCH or PUP are there too), our nuking is that of a lv75 BLM, our enfeebling doesn't matter (even Dia3 or Saboteur-Slow2 don't make a difference these days), our enchancing can be done better by BRD/WHM or COR/WHM or WHM (Boost-STR/Auspice), our meeling/tanking... Temper sucks (unless it becomes OAT 2-3, 2-4x with more Enhancing skill in future), the best body for Chant du Cygne is lv71 Antares Harness, best body for Mercy Stroke/Knights of Round (as if anyone cares) is lv75 Morrigan Robe... RDM is in a very sad state these days. So is THF, my other favourite job. And the trend seems to continue ;(

[Zarabeth]

I hope I'm wrong, but this might suggest Meteor will be a Merit3 spell, similar to AM2 before.
As for RDM, devs seem to be unsure what to do with the job. Our healing sucks (and don't give me that 'buuuuuut RDM can reach +50% cure poteeeency!' - so what? SMN SCH or PUP are there too), our nuking is that of a lv75 BLM, our enfeebling doesn't matter (even Dia3 or Saboteur-Slow2 don't make a difference these days), our enchancing can be done better by BRD/WHM or COR/WHM or WHM (Boost-STR/Auspice), our meeling/tanking... Temper sucks (unless it becomes OAT 2-3, 2-4x with more Enhancing skill in future), the best body for Chant du Cygne is lv71 Antares Harness, best body for Mercy Stroke/Knights of Round (as if anyone cares) is lv75 Morrigan Robe... RDM is in a very sad state these days. So is THF, my other favourite job. And the trend seems to continue ;(

I completely agree with this post, RDM has been made obsolete and se doesn't seem to want to do anything to fix that.