If they took away the spammable ress, i'd probably stop playing red mage. It is what makes red mage stand out, it's the one unique thing nobody else can do, and it's a thing that can easily save entire runs. I can't count how many times i saved a run single handed through the resses. This is what i like about red mage. I don't play savage and hardly ever extreme, i'm talking about pugs here for normal raids or alliance raids. Not everyone spends most of their time in static groups like you'd think reading this forum, only a small percentage does.

Yes, red mage lags behind in a good group that has practice with the content and hardly makes any mistakes. But red mage is far ahead in content where people do make a seizable amount of mistakes, like pugs or groups on duty finder tend to do. Not every class has to be the same at everything they do. The different classes should have their different identities and uses. Don't turn red mage into the same as every other DPS class in the game.