The future''s gonna suck for all these people who use Abyssea as some sort of standard for what a job needs. Have they really not realized we're going to have nine more post abyssean levels and more upgraded/relevant content outside of abyssea than inside? Then where will their arguments be?

RDM will be desirble again when it sinks in that a WHM + WAR/MNK/THF/NIN doesn't instantly mean you win anymore. More Refresh will be needed, mp management necessary, and debuffs will become essential. When that time comes, RDM will be sitting pretty with the most crippling debuffs in the entire game.