On Red Mage melee...

[saevel]

Mars in general is the better choice, or possibly Tyrant's if it helps you lower your hits to 100. WS time is important to anyone doing damage, not just 2h melees.

[Demon6324236]

Yeah, using Tyrants right now actually, just curious about those 2 against eachother because of all you were saying in the other thread about how STR helps 1 handed jobs more. Figured it was worth asking about just to make sure.

[ManaKing]

I would agree with Carbuncle. If you are fighting things that you can hit, you would do best to load up on Attack and Store TP, since the gear you would be picking has both of them anyways. If you are trying to fight things harder than that....well they really don't have gear for that for RDM. You'd need STR, Attack, and Accuracy. Any solutions you can come up with, usually sacrifice more attractive Haste/Store TP gear.

[Luvbunny]

With so many fun jobs to play and level, it is really hard to pick just one absolute favorites

[Crimson_Slasher]

Without a doubt rdm is my main, favorite, and truest calling on ffxi. Even now, when i look at gear for other jobs, i try to select gear that can be shared with rdm first with benefit, and in the event it cant, then i look if it can be shared by my second favorite, DRK, and if thats impossible i look for whats best for the job. Melaco mittens over magmas for pld are one example, sacraficing 1% pdt for more widespread utility as it can be used by more jobs. These are the things i do when selecting gear even. Thats not to say its always the case, but its the driving force for me in FFXI. Its what has driven me to get my Kudzu, my maat's cap, and will drive me into getting a Vara Brigandine and possibly a Bendis hairpin.