RDM: Should I ever hardcast VerAero and VerThunder

[Maero]

You do not need to be at 100/100 but do not do like many Red Mages i see and start a mellee combo on a single target at like 40... Your finisher is where the damage is at this people so do not realize it.
As others have said hardcasting is for pre-pulls

[Shihen]

Should I ever hardcast them or just keep doing what I've been doing

The only time hardcasting them is optimal is when losing GCDs doesn't matter. 99.9% of the time this is 5 seconds before the pull. Keep doing what you've been doing, with that slight change.

I prefer waiting, until I have them both at 100. Doing this gives me access to both VerFlare and VerHoly, after Enhanced Redoublement. How effective is this?

Not effective as only one can be cast and you lose the guaranteed Verfire/Verstone ready buff, as well as any additional mana over 100, which over the course of the fight can add up to a lost melee combo. You want to cast it as soon as possible after breaking 80/80, preferably with unequal values for the ready buff.

[KDSilver]

I'd like to do Titan Extreme/thordan ex min ilvl one day.
So if that roulette could bring us anywhere...

It'd be great cause it's allowing us to have some challenge with old content.
No need to developp new things, so it doesn't cost that much to do.

[magnanimousCynic]

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Not to be that guy but what does this have to with what we're talking about?

[Rawrz]

Not to be that guy but what does this have to with what we're talking about?

He meant to post it in Minimum Ilevel roulette suggestion. No one corrected him, because its a common mistake and people probably thought hed edit it out eventually.

[Jim_Berry]

I only do it during the countdown before battle.