Quote Originally Posted by TankHunter678 View Post
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I've raised half a party, and the MP hit is staggering. BUT I've had quite a few bards in my duties and their MP refresh helps wonders with that. At least in raiding instances, I'd assume there would be a bard since they're pretty great overall right now.

Take Bard away, and yes, having to raise people 4+ people at once in an 8 man is going to kill your MP reserves. No denying that. But even without a Bard to refresh you can sustain your normal damage output with lucid dreaming (and not 4 dying at once >.>), and depending on the situation/timing of lucid dreaming you'll have enough MP to be good the rest of the fight.

But the fact remains that Verraise as a utility is a massive boon to the party, especially the healers. BLM's utility is far more limited in scope. And while BLM pretty much has infinite MP, but the rest of it's utility is still lacking. RDM shouldn't be dealing more dmg in my opinion, it should be ~same or a bit less.