RDM: Does it get fun at 70?

[Draxxion]

After hitting 66 I wanted to ask something about Red Mage and this seems one of the ...

It is just used to replace Jolt II when it is up and verfire and verstone are not. Many feel it is button bloat, including myself, but it is what it is right now. I would keep it on your bar and use it when verfire or verstone are not up.

[Tzain]

It is just used to replace Jolt II when it is up and verfire and verstone are not. Many feel it is button bloat, including myself, but it is what it is right now. I would keep it on your bar and use it when verfire or verstone are not up.

Yeah, that much was obvious. Good to know I'm not missing some super-secret-endgame-strat though and I'm not alone on the button bloat thing.

[ChaoticCrimson]

I mean, if they can have Scatter proc into Enhanced Scatter, I'd imagine they could do the same thing for Jolt II > Impact. Easy solution, or at least one would think.

[Llugen]

Didn't read the rest of the thread, but for me the novelty of RDM wore off extremely fast. And to answer your question, no it's basically the same at 70 as it was at 60, just with Verflare/Verholy so you build your mana gauges back faster.

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

RDM is fun for a while until you realize there is absolutely no change from 50-70, like at all, its braindead easy to pump out decent damage and its surprisingly boring, I mean, even their AoE rotation is dull.

I like the class fine, but I prefer playing literally anything else.

[Krisom]

Am I the only one who feels that 'Impact' is a (no offense meant) waste of an ability?
The potency is only a touch above Jolt II.

No, you're not going to offend anyone and anyone who gets offended by that are not worth the time.

It's basically Jolt III after your every Jolt II.

Basically use this

/macroicon "Jolt"
/ac "Impact"
/ac "Jolt"

And forget about it.
Throw Impact on a non-bind bar for visibility but you can often than not ignore it.

Edit:


/macroicon "Jolt"
/merror off
/ac "Impact"
/ac "Jolt"

Iirc this will also remove the error associated with trying to cast something that isn't available to you atm.

[Zfz]

Yeah, Impact feels like they didn't know what to design. Although I do appreciate that they didn't design a new layer of complexity just for the sake of adding a new skill. The main draw of RDM for me is the simplicity, and I would hate it if Impact was instead designed to be a VerEnochian.

[Zeldert-Castiel]

I know that this is a pretty old thread, but I'd like to give my answer

The job quest and the job itself isn't that fun compared to SAM and WHM (jobs I took so far) but it's convenient if you ever need to work alone and no healers nearby can help.

And no, I won't call RDM great or godly but it's really convenient.

[Luminiari]

Might as well piggyback on the necro :/

I'm personally having a whale of a time at lv 70, but I think it's moreso because my FC has a lot of people who are only really just starting out, so I'm a versatile ally to them. Also I'm able to solo Deep Dungeon now that my Aetherpool stats are in the 90's.

I'm a pretty casual player though, so that might be why I enjoy it so much.

[Braneric]

RDM has a pretty easy rotation, the ability to serve as a backup healer/emergency rezbot (I've had to main heal a dungeon boss when the healer went down and it was pre-Verraise levels), and mobility that BLMs and SMNs can only dream of. That said there is basically zero depth to the class, it needs an animation overhaul (I personally like the Verholy animation but Verflare definitely needs work) and has some skills that just aren't that interesting.