Can RDM get a little bit of love...

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Yes but advocating that rdm is poorly balanced because of verrraise isn't the same as saying verraise shouldn't be the reason why rdm is where it is. RDM has low dps because in prog if it could pick up an entire team"hyperbole" or even 2 within the 60secs it would take any of the healers to do while doing more comparable damage to the other casters, SMN & BLM would be practically worthless. It's a very powerful utility when it works, and it does work. I will not discredit the claim that it falls off after prog and i understand that you believe it shouldn't be balanced around verraise but, as of now verraise is far too powerful "when" it works to ignore.

RDM is balanced around verraise correctly, if we want more from the job. ASK for a rework and the removal of dualcast rez instead of meaningless potency increases that won't mean anything if they don't make the job closer to it's counterparts. Lets also be realistic, if rdm gets buffed to where it's more valuable than SMN and BLM, it's going to still have compete with MCH and the double ranged meta

we don't want rdm monoplizing the prog meta because that doesn't fix anything and any buff to post progression is also a buff to progression (AST cards aren't weaker in progression). SMN being able to rez means nothing if rdm can do it better and, it can. SMN is high dps low rez, RDM high rez, low dps and thats a fair way to balance the job even if we all don't agree with it. Verraise is that so powerful don't undervalue it

And as noted by JohnnyDevo above, you won't meet enrage under those circumstances in any fight with a strict enough enrage where death matters. You aren't clearing Guardian and God Kefka early into the tier with several deaths in quick succession. Clown Kefka's DPS check within the first few weeks was harder to meet than anything in Ultimate. RDM's value plummets in such a scenario because 2-4 deaths means, you wipe. Go back and stop dying. Even in more casual settings, people still prefer wiping after multiple deaths in lieu of saving a run because it's less of a strain and, admittedly, parses.

Buffing RDM's numbers slightly does not mean it monopolizes prog anymore than WHM does. It means players won't be gimping their party by an absurdly high rDPS loss. Currently, SMN contributes 600 more pDPS while offering comparable utility. That's the equivalent of Trick Attack or Disembowel+Battle Litany with BRD. We can close the gap without RDM suddenly dominating prog.

If it must be a dichotomy, I would rather RDM have a significant DPS and/or utility buff with Verraise getting a 60sec lock than keep things as they are. Frankly, all three casters need to be looked at because the answer remains "SMN" in virtually all scenarios.