Quote Originally Posted by Trangnai View Post
I think you are ove exaggeratting what people ae saying, No, RDM isn't dead. But it is dying. Due to lack of a real update to the job. If RDMs role doesn't eveolve with the rest of the game people will eventually write it off entirely. RDM is still a fun, playable job. But I know I at least feel like not much has changed from the 75 days, except monsters now being immune to my enffebles even more and everyone else getting a slowing increasing gap on the job from where it stands with the rest of the jobs in the game.
My RDM is very much alive, I was pointing out that people talk sideways about things they don't play anymore because it requires too much work for them. Case in point:

Quote Originally Posted by Llana_Virren View Post
2005 called, they want you to know that this kind of RDM is the kind that's been dead, reanimated and now roams the world of vana'diel as a corse.
I can land enfeebles in Meebles and VoidWatch. Gain-INT is 25 free INT just waiting for you. It's not hard if you actually use your head a little bit. I'm landing Blind on Pil right now, first try, no elemental seal. Does Blind do anything against Pil? Obviously not, but at least you can land proc spells.

RDM didn't get a lot of upgrades, this is true. But most people don't have decked out RDMs anyways. What's the point in listening to a bunch of people who aren't willing to gear the job? RDM requires more gear than almost any other job. We still need updates, sure, but most people's RDMs need work too. It's not fair to blame SE entirely for the state of RDM, since I don't know of almost any other RDMs on my server that are as well geared as I am.

I'll tell anyone first hand that RDM becomes increasingly powerful as you start to get closer to being well geared. Get an Excalibur, or Almace to 95+ and see what kind of a difference having weapons with actual damage on them does for your kill times. Don't have a good MAB set? What's stopping you? PDT, Enhancing, and Stoneskin sets. Start filling those out and suddenly your shitty RDM can actually do things and take hits to the face in plenty of situations.

Yes we still need updates, but we also need people to actually play RDM like they are serious about playing it. You can get into VWs as 2-4 + enfeebles if people need another BLM. I wouldn't suggest you go as a WHM replacement, but I hate healing anyways. You can even Melee some of the things so long as your TP and WSs don't look as crappy as 90% of all RDMs are. You can't half ass this job and expect good things. That's not how it works.