Was red mage damage nerfed???

[Ardox]

Redmage and summoner are so closes for a really big difference of gameplay,
But Yes Redmage and summoner need a slight dps increase, but summoner need more .

I feel they made SMN/RDM alike dps-wise because both job are starting to have very similar utility. Both can raise, Both have a party buff, RDM has a cure and SMN has Everlasting Flight and Physik (really they have no reason to make physic scale on MND and EF scale on INT).

Personally, I feel EF is just a very weird skill: it "fits" the Phoenix theme, but adds nothing to the job. I don't feel like any SMN will ever delay their Demi-Phoenix window to make use of the HoT. If it holds SMN's DPS back because of that utility, I'd say either erase EF or make Physik a usable skill..

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Summoner does need to do more dps then red mage however as RDM does have instant Rez’s on hand espically after the mana buffs

Also mobility differences do need to be accounted for as RDM will have the least resistance getting high percentiles around mechanics.

It should be BLM > summoner > red mage. As BLM brings no utility and only pdps summoner has more dps utility then RDM which levels out with RDM rezzing capabilities

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SMN still have good mobility and can raise too. I feel people gives Raise ability way too much importance for its worth. Been RDM-main since it's release and I almost never need to use it more than once every 60 sec *(except some content like Eureka or Special Fate with a lot of lag) – at which point its value compared to swiftcasted raises decreases quickly enough. If Dualcast raise is the only reason why RDM DPS is so low, then I would rather see a exception on dualcast against Verraise and see him buffed because RDM role is to deal damage (not just be a safety net).