Quote Originally Posted by PrismaticDaybreak View Post
The problem is that these niche saving utilities come at a cost that they don't outweigh. We're in the red (bad pun) as far as it comes to actual utility. Vercure and Verraise are only useful if things go wrong otherwise our only contribution is Embolden and less DPS than Bard which has a far larger rDPS contribution, and arguably just as useful defensive utility and Refresh utility.
I'm not going to pretend to know the figures each job does in exacts or perfect scenarios, or in any case for that matter. My base idea still stands regardless. If we are lacking in dps to other comparable jobs, in this case bard, then buff it up (I never once said RDMs dps should be left alone.) If the utility is lacking, then improve the utility, don't destroy it. As far as FF conventions being all over the place; this is far from the first game, considering how many are out there. That argument could've been used for Paladin and having no native cure at launch; yet it does now because many of the consumers wanted that aspect put back into Paladin. Introducing a class/job that is known for a specific style, then yanking out half of the style midway through isn't the answer.