RDM and SAM skillsets revealed!

[Elkanah]

Overall not bad but I'm rather disappointed there isn't Phalanx/Blink, let alone some kind of En-Weapon spell. Still, not like we won't possible see those in future expansions I suppose, but a Phalanx/Blink seems like an integral part of the leveling tool kit.

YES! I was just thinking the same thing for RDM! RDM has always been known to have a sort of stoneskin replacement or buff to give to self or members, as well as en-spells to deal extra damage on top of the damage they do. But then, you'd see more elemental based weapons, which we really dont have in this game like XI did back in the day. So I'm curious as to why it wasn't added for the game on en spells.

[Shiro--Tsubasa]

YES! I was just thinking the same thing for RDM! RDM has always been known to have a sort of stoneskin replacement or buff to give to self or members, as well as en-spells to deal extra damage on top of the damage they do. But then, you'd see more elemental based weapons, which we really dont have in this game like XI did back in the day. So I'm curious as to why it wasn't added for the game on en spells.

Don't they have en-type skills? Their melee attacks become enhanced for more damage when you meet the requirements on your balance gauge.

[Vexander]

Don't they have en-type skills? Their melee attacks become enhanced for more damage when you meet the requirements on your balance gauge.

That's not really how the En-Weapon spells worked in previous games. I think those just added elemental damage to your auto-attacks. As for FFXIV, I would've been up for an En-Astral/En-Umbral setup where they increase the damage of certain skills and the rate of acquired mana (En-Astral giving, say, +5% Damage to Valaero and Valstone and Valholy, and doubling the white mana they give or something). Or different mechanics. En-Astral boosting damage, En-Umbral giving spells a DoT/Debuff element at the cost of a bit of damage, etc...