RDM is back to its feet. BLM is still strong as hell.

[armandojc3]

Wait wut? You are aware that this won’t put RDM back on its feet right?

The dps difference between casters is over a thousand, while the different on melee is like 500 dps excluding ninja.

*cries in ninja

[Selova]

i dont think u reliese why RDM is a "prog job" for casters.

BLM and Summoner are Casters. this means Raid knowledge is of a higher requirement to optimise then any other role in the game. this isnt saying they're HARDER its saying the Knowledge required is higher.

other Roles Do not suffer the burden of being forced to be as Immobile as Can possibly be, the Mobility isnt as Drastically different between Jobs of other Roles either.

RDM with or without Verraise is preferable in Prog, Because Summoner and BLM will suck in a first time run, its impossible for u to even use ur job without the knowledge. unlike other roles.

Verraise and RDMs simplicity are both factors in why the job is essentially the "meme prog" job. The chain rezzes via verraise to get further in a fight to see mechanics is definitely the predominant of the two. It's been like that since the job was released.

[CapricaLangley]

What's fun about this post is that the majority of world first team has Summoners in their line ups.

I'm not saying Summoner is fine and has no problems, but it's definitely competitively viable.

[Sequora]

The only thing BLM has going for it is damage. Think about it, it has no party buffs, utility etc. It only takes and never gives. The nature of BLM is that it cannot protect. It can only destroy, break, devastate, and cause calamitous ruin to everything around it. The only utility it use to have were mana shift and apocatastasis. All of that is gone. What does it have now? Adele is pointless, so no need to mention that here in my opinion. Nothing but damage. It does not synergize well with anything for the most part in my opinion and is the ultimate outlier in all parties. Yes, you could a slot it into a party, buff it with utility from other members, and then watch as it melts everything. However, outside of that it has nothing else. If you take away the damage it does have and water down it’s ability to melt stuff then what good is it? It is only a BLM in name and not in ability. RDM synergizes well with melee damage dealers. SMN synergize well with all parties via devotion regardless of how long the CD may be or how sucky embolden is. BLM is always out on its lonesome and probably likely to die if it puts its circle down and an aoe comes through because it doesn’t want to move even when mana wars is on CD lmao jk. But it is usually on its lonesome as the outlier. Is it not fair that all casters should have their niche or place somewhere?

Why would a job need utility when it makes up for it by dealing more damage than the other jobs. Some jobs make other jobs do more damage, and some jobs just do more damage. I wouldn’t call that selfish lol.

[Sequora]

What's fun about this post is that the majority of world first team has Summoners in their line ups.

I'm not saying Summoner is fine and has no problems, but it's definitely competitively viable.

Did you see the post about that group who’s SMN switched to BLM because his tendinitis got so bad lol?

[Drayos]

Yeah tbh.

Summoner has higher RDPS and does only 400 dps less then BLM on current logs.

RDM offers a limited instant Rez’s which is super tight on its mana pool. With 1.2k less dps

Yet you believe RDM is the one on its feet haha

[LunarEmerald]

Plenty of groups doing E4S are using a summoner as their caster.

Yeah tbh.

Summoner has higher RDPS and does only 400 dps less then BLM on current logs.

RDM offers a limited instant Rez’s which is super tight on its mana pool. With 1.2k less dps

Yet you believe RDM is the one on its feet haha

It's no longer super tight on their MP. Red Mage can easily raise 8 times or more in a fight and never run out of MP now.

[HumanNinjaToo]

The only thing BLM has going for it is damage. Think about it, it has no party buffs, utility etc. It only takes and never gives. The nature of BLM is that it cannot protect. It can only destroy, break, devastate, and cause calamitous ruin to everything around it. The only utility it use to have were mana shift and apocatastasis. All of that is gone. What does it have now? Adele is pointless, so no need to mention that here in my opinion. Nothing but damage. It does not synergize well with anything for the most part in my opinion and is the ultimate outlier in all parties. Yes, you could a slot it into a party, buff it with utility from other members, and then watch as it melts everything. However, outside of that it has nothing else. If you take away the damage it does have and water down it’s ability to melt stuff then what good is it? It is only a BLM in name and not in ability. RDM synergizes well with melee damage dealers. SMN synergize well with all parties via devotion regardless of how long the CD may be or how sucky embolden is. BLM is always out on its lonesome and probably likely to die if it puts its circle down and an aoe comes through because it doesn’t want to move even when mana wars is on CD lmao jk. But it is usually on its lonesome as the outlier. Is it not fair that all casters should have their niche or place somewhere?

IDK, I kinda think that the allure to BLM is that it does melt everything. Utility is not really needed IMO. It actually seems to synergize with every group, because while it may not add utility to the party, it also doesn’t rely on any other roles to work well in group content. It’s the classic glass cannon. Just don’t stand in AOEs and you’re good. If you’re lucky with procs, then having to move a bunch doesn’t mess you up too bad.

[Gallus]

RDM offers a limited instant Rez’s which is super tight on its mana pool. With 1.2k less dps

Somebody missed the 5.05 patch notes.

[Drayos]

Verraise and RDMs simplicity are both factors in why the job is essentially the "meme prog" job. The chain rezzes via verraise to get further in a fight to see mechanics is definitely the predominant of the two. It's been like that since the job was released.

You do know verraise spam is not as Strong as it was in SB Right? :P

Theres a Reason why the RDM Parses are much lower then they were in SB, mainly because u dont need it as Much as u did, as Its Not as strong as it was.