5.3 COMPLETE patch notes

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Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra

I main WHM but RDM is my main dps job and I love it for it's heals and raise support. It's really under appreciated at times when you raise 10+ people including both healers in a duty and not get one comm.

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My record is 23 raises in a single Copied Factory run with zero comms.

What do you think that unicorn is from, anyway? "??? Extreme"? The background of the pic looks like Churning Mists' on a clear day to me.

EDIT: Oh, wait. Is Shiva Unreal gonna drop a mount/tokens for a mount?

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Originally Posted by ForteNightshade

Black Mage requires you know the entire fight to properly optimize your movement tools.

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So literally just like every other job in the game. You're not optimizing anything until you know the fight front to back, that's what optimization means to begin with.

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Originally Posted by ForteNightshade

it is far and away harder to master than Red Mage, and is frankly useless in a prog setting since you aren't prioritizing damage.

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Different, yes. Harder, no. They are completely different playstyles. RDM play in high end content revolves around making the best use of dualcast and movement every other GCD to handle mechanics while performing your rotation to the best of your ability. Black Mage gameplay on the other hand involves timing your movement around periods of completely stationary play. While RDM has more frequent movement, It is BLM who enjoys more burst movement and the ability to pick when and where to move without sacrificing any of their main DPS rotation. When RDM gains an ability that allows them to teleport straight to safety with no drawback (or when RDM can stack scorch casts and use them at any time they wish) then maybe you will have a point, but they don't - Their movement is done during dualcast and then they have to stop and cast again.

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Originally Posted by ForteNightshade

Many Black Mage mains will prog on Red Mage and strategize how the fight would go on Black Mage. It isn't a matter they can't prog on Black Mage, it's just harder. You can deny it all you fancy but Red Mage is considered the "easy" caster because, well, it is.

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That's nice, but if you think learning a fight on RDM is going to help you much on BLM, then I don't know what to tell ya. More likely, those BLMs do it for the chain rez more than because they think playing the fight on RDM is going to help them on BLM.

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Originally Posted by Alleluia

EDIT: Oh, wait. Is Shiva Unreal gonna drop a mount/tokens for a mount?

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You are correct.

* takes off sunglasses *
So no hair?
* breaks phone on the street and stomps skateboard in half *

Rdm is fine, all jobs can clear all content, if you are good at rdm and enjoy it just stick with it. You do not have to switch another job once you get a fight down, its just your mentality or your groups, to favor the almighty "Meta" gods...

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Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty

Hm? Perhaps you struggle with reading. Let me help you by pointing out the relevant text: "what RdM was before the buffs and still is for many parties: training wheels."

This is an opinion to you? That's the hill you're choosing to die on?

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But it is a training wheels job to many parties.

That isn't an opinion, it's a fact.

It doesn't mean you can't play it for a different reason or that you're bad for liking it for other reasons but if you want to stick your head in the sand you do you I guess?

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Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty

That's nice, but if you think learning a fight on RDM is going to help you much on BLM, then I don't know what to tell ya. More likely, those BLMs do it for the chain rez more than because they think playing the fight on RDM is going to help them on BLM.

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But it does? Like, it tangibly does. You learn where it's movement heavy and then can plan your movement tools better than just starting on BLM and dropping all kinds of casts/eno.

Hunt Discord has confirmed there will be 3 instances of Kholusia and Lakeland. A rank trains will be 20/20 mobs so prepare for the craziness to begin.

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Originally Posted by Ammokkx

Shoutout to all the junk loot being removed from the dungeons. Maybe now people will stop going off in a completely unrelated, time-wasting direction for a grand total of 3 potions you can't even use because they heal too little.

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Hooray for linear progression! FF13 would be proud of our pretty hallways...besides Aurum Vale and Longstep

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Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra

Hunt Discord has confirmed there will be 3 instances of Kholusia and Lakeland. A rank trains will be 20/20 mobs so prepare for the craziness to begin.

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I mean, is there anything new being added for hunt rewards? :x