Redmages any good?

[Neela]

I dunno. After watching bard get revamped twice over, who knows what kinda changes might come to RDM. It's a flashy class and probably the only caster I found much enjoyment playing (as I normally never play casters) and I hope it gets better. But for where I am in the game it works well enough for me, since I am incompatible for serious end game content like most recent savages/ultimates.

But since OP asked specifically "non-raiding environment," the general consensus seems to be, "It does well enough."

personal I hope they will take a spin on rdm as well yeah - although it does well in non raiding envi it kinda feels totally flat somehow... : /

Honestly, just to add to this: RDM front-loads so much damage, has such short cooldowns on Fleche and Contra Sixte, gets access to its AoE very early, and is so practical in everything except raids, that I think it's easily one of the best classes to pick if you don't raid. Edit: I should say everything except farm-parties.

RDM is at a major advantage against anything that dies fast -- which is just about everything outside of raids. It doesn't require any startup or buff management like so many other classes. Roulettes, Eureka, PotD/HoH, soloing old content unsynced. It's so strong in these areas that to judge it based only on its performance in raids is unfair.

RDM's quality-of-life is strong. Its zero-startup, reactionary, mobile-caster style of play serves less-experienced parties very well.

if you stand on the other side of light & shadow you could just say its a novice cls for those who don't want to dig deep into game-mechanics.... yeah its an easy and kinda lazy cls but talking of "best"... is ridiculous – RDM is neither challenging nor rewarding... its for having fun in between or braindead semi-afk content... but else... idk x'D