With the jobs WHM, BLM, BRD, and COR in the game, not to mention SCH, I really don't see how you can believe that RDM can be anything like you are describing. I laugh at your vision of RDM having been the 'primary support mage' because that has no future.

With amount that SE tip toes around each of those job's identity/boundaries, I really don't see how you believe that RDM will subsist, much less flourish in the current environment. You're really being naive if you think that SE will fix enfeebling to a point that RDM will become viable in a party again. The reason we are all uppity about getting additional buffs, is because that is what it would take for us to be anything in a party, much less something as ridiculous as the 'primary support mage'. So because we have to use MP and can easily get eclipsed by jobs that don't have to even worry about MP, we are supposed to be able to feel good about a title as unfulfilled as 'primary support mage'?

What about a support that actually stacks up against the other supports in the game? That's what I would be shooting for, not retainer of the garbage heap or guy that gets invited when they are just trying to fill spots. I understand you are trying to do good for the job, but your aim is incredibly low and will result in more mediocrity if it is allowed to persist. Please broaden your scope and realize the pile of shit you are already forced to stand in while all the other jobs are designed to actually be themselves and are rewarded for it.