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  1. 04-23-2011 10:23 PM #1
    Carth
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    Quote Originally Posted by AtrixWolfe View Post
    Aren't rdm still the best enfeeblers in the game? They are more a niche healer now, and abby makes refresh not so cool anymore, but it is migrating to a favorite subjob choice for many casters. Plus they still solo stuff pretty well. And I have some inkling that there will be 90-99 as post abyssea wherein refresh will be valued again.
    Pre-Tier2 merits, that A+ Enfeebling was a massive joke. Thanks to Slow II and Paralyze II however, yes, we are the best enfeeblers. However, Enfeebling can only get you so far. Admittedly, Slow II is godly, but Paralyze II has always been up in the air pre-Saboteur.

    I do have to address one thing.

    And I have some inkling that there will be 90-99 as post abyssea wherein refresh will be valued again.
    Out of all the things, this is what most RDMs don't want. Throughout the entirety of RDM's lifespan in FFXI it has always been defined by Refresh. Refresh made us valuable healer in exp parties, Refresh made us better than WHMs, Refresh made us powerful soloists, and most of all Refresh (and Convert, admittedly) has made the community and the developers fear any update that ever came our way, even for DD purposes.

    Refresh doesn't make the job "just fine", but that's been our niche ever since 2005. If we are meant to be the strongest enfeeblers, then the developers need to stop twiddling our thumbs and give us more enfeebles, not something as idiotic as tranquil heart (due to the many roles RDM can take up, it shouldn't have their native enmity messed with at all).
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  2. 04-24-2011 02:43 AM #2
    Duelle
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    Quote Originally Posted by Carth View Post
    Refresh doesn't make the job "just fine", but that's been our niche ever since 2005. If we are meant to be the strongest enfeeblers, then the developers need to stop twiddling our thumbs and give us more enfeebles, not something as idiotic as tranquil heart (due to the many roles RDM can take up, it shouldn't have their native enmity messed with at all).
    Unless they're out to nerf what remains of Red Mage tanking.
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    * The sad thing is that FFXIV turned RDM into a turret, and people think that's what it's supposed to be. It's supposed to combine sword and magic into something more, not spend the bulk of gameplay spamming spells and jump into melee for only 3 GCDs before scurrying back to the back line.
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  3. 04-24-2011 03:01 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Duelle View Post
    Unless they're out to nerf what remains of Red Mage tanking.
    Nothing remains of Red Mage tanking right now. To repeat what I said earlier, all this does is spits in its grave.

    Well, that, and the grave of PLD/RDM (which they killed with equal impudence).
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