Quote Originally Posted by Ophannus View Post
The new 2hr needs to have a 'Diffusion' effect where all of our enhancing become AoE as well.
No, we don't need AoE. We just need powerful buffs for ourselves, that last a very long time, thats it. SE has made it clear time and time again we should not expect any AoE spells of any kind, Diaga seems to be a fluke at best. Our best bet on a great new 2-hour is similar to Chainspell.

Chainspell was a short duration effect that allowed us great power in magic, only 1 of the 2 sides of the coin RDM is meant to be. As such this one should be just the opposite. This ability should flush out alot of melee power, the side we currently do not flush out. Not only that, but 1 of the best uses for Chainspell, was to use it for a way of enfeebling a monster. For instance, you could hold a mob with Chainspell-Utsusemi, or lock their movement/actions with Chainspell-Stun. This ability is much more focused on Enhancing Magic, arguably the other primary magic of RDM, and for this reason, we should see a massive buff to our current powerful buffs, such as Temper and Gain spells. The majority of buffs in a RDM's arsenal is for melee. Temper, Phalanx, Haste, Gain-STR/DEX, Enspells, these are all powerful melee tools, and while we can buff our magic, it is never as powerful as our melee buffs are.

Honestly now that I think of it. For awhile we have been asking for Brave & Faith. This ability is meant to buff our Enhancing Magic abilities, I would like to see Brave & Faith implemented as spells in much the same way as Embrava & Kaustra were. Brave being an Attack/Accuracy/Critical Hit Rate/Damage+25~50% spell, and Faith being the same, but for magic equivalents. It would not be the exact same as in previous FF games, but would bring a high level of power to players much like Embrava does. The problem with these types of spells becomes apparent when you weigh the ideals of RDM, against the use of these ability. If it is single target, many will rage & complain, it will be seen as stupid because it is only for RDM and people believe RDM is worthless past its mage abilities. However if it is AoE, it goes against what SE seems to have as a goal or vision for RDM, and thus is also unlikely.

In all I myself do not think we need our buffs to be AoE, I would rather them just be powerful and very long lasting. This 2-hour needs to be something good for us on the front lines, or to put us on the front lines, and 1 of the only ways to do that is single target, double potency, double duration, with 3 minutes to cast whatever we want.

As for having a decked out Pre-cast set. I can not stand the idea of changing from my Fast Cast set to my Enhancing Magic set for that, as most spells cast to fast, especially with that, for me to make sure I always get full potency, unless you use 3rd party tools. Even with Windower you would need to have a macro for each Enhancing Magic spell to really do that I think. So it should not be required by any means for you to get out all buffs needed. But to each their own.