RDM the unwelcome DPS :(

[geekgirl101]

Yoshi-P said it himself in the recent liveletter that BLM has higher DPS than the other casters because they don't have Raise. It's actually a legitimate reason to them.

I'm all fine with BLM being the higher DPS since it was like that in FFXI, what I don't want is RDM being so weak it's being ignored and becomes nothing more than a solo job like what happened in FFXI or only being used at hunts. It hurts me deeply to see RDM is no longer considered as a raiding job anymore and that it's going to become a job nobody will bother playing or leveling.

PS: Stop comparing RDM with BLM.

[Zyneste]

I'm all fine with BLM being the higher DPS since it was like that in FFXI, what I don't want is RDM being so weak it's being ignored and becomes nothing more than a solo job like what happened in FFXI or only being used at hunts. It hurts me deeply to see RDM is no longer considered as a raiding job anymore and that it's going to become a job nobody will bother playing or leveling.

This is a bit hyperbole. RDM isn't in a great spot and neither is SMN. If one class gets buffed and the other doesnt, we'll really start seeing issues. The idea of playing BLM in savage makes people shutter and it still has a prog stigma on it, so SMN/RDM are going to continue to get party invites. This might change overtime, but for now we are relevant on SMN/RDM from the BLM "difficulty" stigma alone.