RDM Dual Wield Idea!

[ManaKing]

Lol I haven't played NIN/RDM in years!

On a semi serious note, you could give RDM Dual Wield 1 and allow this spell to give Dual Wield 2 and 3 at specific levels of Enhancing. Dual Wield 3 requiring 500+ Enhancing.

Getting dual wield natively means that RDM/WAR becomes very normal overnight. Temper + Double Attack trait means RDM gets 30% Double Attack Natively along with Berserk, Aggressor, and Warcry. Sanguine Blade is no longer the issue for /WAR, it's that RDMs are murderously beating things to death with CDC and Requiescat. All the while, Cure IVs at full potency.

That is a pretty powerful job you are describing. I don't suspect we would ever get a buff again, which means no more magic adjustment. Essentially that's the argument I would have against this kind of change. I'm very pro melee, but I don't neglect my magics, since that's why I'm playing a RDM. If it were a choice between actually good Enspell improvements or native dual wield, I would take Enspells. They are the reason I'm playing RDM to begin with and what I like most about the job. Enfeebles and Stoneskin being my runners up.

[Sunrider]

That is a pretty powerful job you are describing. I don't suspect we would ever get a buff again, which means no more magic adjustment. Essentially that's the argument I would have against this kind of change. I'm very pro melee, but I don't neglect my magics, since that's why I'm playing a RDM. If it were a choice between actually good Enspell improvements or native dual wield, I would take Enspells. They are the reason I'm playing RDM to begin with and what I like most about the job. Enfeebles and Stoneskin being my runners up.

It might be a powerful job, but broken enfeebling magics would still be broken and still need addressing, regardless of whether RDM suddenly became melee contenders. RDM's increase in damage potential would depend on the level of Dual Wield we could obtain, and RDM would still be limited to a degree by spell cycles, even with Composure. Really, the only things that might justifiably never see improvement might be tier 2 En-spells... and even then, there's still no justification for the way their damage is calculated.

But, if native Dual Wield seriously improved RDM frontline to the magnitude you project, a loss in En-spell 2 improvements is a small price to pay.