Cure V

[saevel]

I tend to agree.

Where Red Mage falls down in the healing department is it's lack of effective AoE healing. Accession has too long of a recast to be dependable and curaga II just doesn't cut it in a lot of fights. So giving Red mage cure V would solve nothing that I can see. This job is already an excellent single target healer.

Now giving Red Mage the higher tier regens could make a real difference. So would giving them curaga III like you suggested.

I'm not sure I would support such improvements though despite their usefulness. The Red Mage is not meant to be a primary healing class and should not be able to rival let's say a White mage considering that is suppose to be their specialty.

Though I used to oppose this - I would settle for making spells like Haste II,Refresh III and Temper area spells so we can function more effectively as a support class.

Well I was only discussing the Cure V component, in reality there needs to be a whole batch of adjustments for the three healing jobs.

Curaga (WHM) III -> Level 49
Erase II (WHM) -> Level 99 -> Removes multiple buffs based on enfeebling magic skill
Dispell II (RDM) -> Level 99 -> Removes multiple debuffs based on healing magic skill
Light Arts (SCH) -> effects enabled even if sub but only at the subs level.
Regen III (RDM added)
Accession works on Haste naturally

Now we've created a unique meta between WHM, SCH and RDM. WHM gets the LA boosts from /SCH along with the unique ability to remove multiple debuffs. RDM gets Regen III and has to choose between /WHM's Curaga III and /SCH's Regen potency and Arts. SCH's get to choose between the utility of /RDM and the power of Curaga III from /WHM. All three jobs become able to heal both melee and tank orientated parties but with a different set of Pro's and Con's that the group will need to tailor it's strategy around. RDM healer could provide Haste II enabling the BRD to sing a different song for the second haste, and the RDM would provide enfeebling support, but the RDM's barspells (BIG reason to use WHM) aren't as powerful and they are going to need MP support as the fight drags on. SCH's can provide powerful regen effects along with having cheaper spells and native access to weather boosts but like RDM have weaker barspells. WHM's still king of absolute healing with the ability to remove multiple debuffs from party members.