Why the other casters need buffs and Red Mage does not need a nerf.

[PrismaticDaybreak]

Counter: Trick is a 1.7% only and it still made NIN mandatory when they were back of the pack.

Trick applies to all damage types, doesn't decay, and has a shorter recast. Also, it's not affected by range, which albeit being a simple issue to solve just by C-a-C'ing into the boss, doesn't always get accomplished.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Trick applies to all damage types, doesn't decay, and has a shorter recast. Also, it's not affected by range, which albeit a simple issue to solve just by C-a-C'ing into the boss, doesn't always get accomplished.

A 15 yalm range is a non-issue in itself. It has the same reach as healer AoE, which pretty much always hits everyone regardless. The crux though is that Embolden is nearly as strong as TA despite decaying: that strength makes it essentially mandatory, especially as most crews will be running two melee and a ranged as well as a caster. Embolden existing means RDM needs to trade off some damage for it.

[PrismaticDaybreak]

NIN is nearly equivalent in DPS to RDM (~40 dps less). Do you want them to give up their utility to be more useful? You're arguing for nerfs to one class when you should be arguing for buffs to the other two casters.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

NIN is nearly equivalent in DPS to RDM (~40 dps less). Do you want them to give up their utility to be more useful? You're arguing for nerfs to one class when you should be arguing for buffs to the other two casters.

NIN is overtuned and needs to get nerfed. RDM is in a similar level of OP due to how immense his damage is in relation to the utility. And no, they can keep their utility, but they need to give up some numbers to balance it out, objectively speaking.

I think "hilariously strong" is a bit of exaggeration on your part. It's useful, balance level strong? No. Stop assuming they're not going to tune encounters to match buffs or nerfs, that's redundant from any perspective.

Both TA and Embolden are superior in nearly every way to AoE balance due to being predictable. In content, an AST would be lucky to get two AoE balance in a ten minute fight, compared to Ninja's 11 TA and RDM's 6 Embolden.