Quote Originally Posted by Ariomi View Post

let's actually compare all their aoe at level 50
Ninja - Deathblossom, Mudras, Kassastu.
Red Mage - Scatter.
Blm Fire 2, Blizzard 2, Flare, Freeze (still an aoe)
Smn Enkindle, Shadowflare, Bane, Pet Aoes including Radiant Shield and Flaming Crush
Monk - Howling fist, rockbreaker, Arm of the destroyer even, and then you can perfect balance to spam Rockbreaker.
Drg - Doomspike, Dragonfire Dive.
Bard - Quick Noct, Rain of death,
Mch - Spread Shot, Rook auto turret.
Samurai - Fuga, Mangetsu, Oka, Tenka Goken

Notice how Red mage has the least of any Aoe. And while I get that it's a duelist, It needs something more then just scatter dude >.>
Again, you're comparing apples to oranges to support your argument. So many of those are limited by TP, MP, or have long CD's. Double Scatter is extremely potent, as is Scatter into Thunder/Aero.

If there's a lot of enemies and you aren't topping the dps as a RDM you're doing something EXTREMELY wrong.