Praise for RDM design

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Originally Posted by localman

Currently, the magic section is rather a dragging tedious affair and the melee is still missing another chain that is divided into black and white magic.

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The danger of trying to critique a job before it's incomplete is you might end up ignoring later mechanics that actually answer your questions.

https://i.imgur.com/zUNetCn.png

The casting doesn't service the 'more interesting melee.' It enables the melee which in turn enables your REAL finishers.

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Originally Posted by Gruntler

Okay, so I'm assuming you're used to old RDM.

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Yes you’re correct lol

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Originally Posted by Mesarthim

Otherwise in the average run where someone pulls without countdowns or it's a dungeon where no one does a countdown then I just wing it, go into my melee phase with embolden and manafication. Acceleration is best used as a movement tool and to proc verfire or verstone (use acceleration on thunder or aero, in dungeon pulls you can use it on impact since it gets a damage buff under acceleration). You can sit on one stack of Acceleration (just don't let it sit at 2 for too long) if you need it to move or to proc fire/stone as jolt is used only if you have no other options to start with.

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If someone just #yolo's in to the boss without a timer, I use a truncated version of the opener with similar alignment. Jolt -> Verthunder -> Acceleration -> Verthunder -> Embolden + Manafication + the rest of a normal opener starting at that point. You don't start your Swiftcast running as quickly, and you're behind a bit on initial mana, but it still aligns the raid buffs with the 3rd GCD where most people aim to use them, and gets your Acceleration rolling.