[dev1102] So what is the Ultimate Spell for RDM?

[Daniel_Hatcher]

SE said they wouldn't add stances or spells that buff one aspect of magic and reduce physical abilities or vice versa. They also stated they wouldn't want to add abilities or spells that add mutually exclusive enhancements to either physical or magic. SCH is the class that chooses between white or black magic speciality. RDM, SE said doesn't choose between white and black magic or physical, RDM was supposed to be able to access all of it simultaneously albeit weaker. So SCH gets stronger WHM spells and BLM spells because they have almost no physical prowess. Since RDM has better physical capabilities, we have weakened spells or whatever. So to sum up, SE would never implement a stance where a RDM's abilities in one aspect get boosted at the cost of another(i.e like dark arts/light arts/hasso-type abilities where Phys+/Magic- or Magic+/Phys-)

My idea does improve only one aspect at a time, but doesn't gimp another. So Faith wouldn't make melee worse, the spells are no different to Temper or enspells which are strictly melee buffs, which SE already gave to RDM. These spells fall in line strictly with RDM without potentially putting them at OP in all areas.

However, these become less if SE actually put RDM back on the gear it was on instead of putting BLU on it when historically BLU wear only cloth armour whereas RDM equipped both cloth and light armour.