How i would change RDM if i could.

[Delgear]

No i play rdm in all endgame content currently my outlook isn't old at all.
in any serious group in Dynamis D, Omen, or even Vagary RDM is more or less relegated to a debuff bot and dispel bot ... only a few buffs are useful as most others are overwritten by "real casters" like scholar or whm ....

The 100% biggest problem on RDM is action economy, you have to perform so many actions all the time you cant really do anything else ... debuffs even with the best gear last barely long enough for you to get through a rotation, buffs even with extended duration on party members just still dont last long enough.

I think every class should be stretched to function in every role it makes sense for them to be stretched into .... Every server .... every day is a giant jumble of people sitting around until a paladin/RUN and whm arrive ... then content can actually be cleared and done.

Its rediculious .... we need more healthy healers and tanks for the health of the game .... if way more jobs could conceivably and healthily tank, content could be approached on many more job combinations .... we would have more players too as less players would encounter the "99 Stigma" of sorry man your job is useless because it isn't paladin run or whm.

Its foolish to not want rdm to be able to main heal .... just because they can doesnt mean you have to ... thats the point of having diversity of choice. you are basically saying because you would prefer to not heal on rdm everyone should not be allowed to heal on rdm. I dont want to heal on rdm, i would love to melee and have it feel powerful and impactful ... definitely not top dd levels ... cause you got buffs and debuffs .... but im also aware enough to know that lots of people like the job for other reasons and want to use it that way ... so why not try to accommodate as many players as possible.

I'm trying my best to come at it from a "Whats best for the game" angle .... and new fresh and interesting ways to play jobs and opening up the utility of each individual job so people have a much easier time just "enjoying content" on whatever job they enjoy is a much healthier way to go.