Quote Originally Posted by Dommy-Notatop View Post
I agree with you on all other points. BUT RDM is being slowed down from clears, however its the community's perception of them and the meta thats putting on the brakes. (As i stated in the original post this applies for PF pugs only)
I would like SE to make them feel valued for their DPS and dps utility rather than just raise.
Raise in itself is a big point of contention in the caster community now. Yoshi-P said in the last live letter that BLM does so much damage because it doesnt have access to raise. Casters dont want to do less damage because they can raise, ive seen a lot of people calling for its nerf or full on removal from Magic DPS for this reason. (And despite my love for raise in easier content im inclined to agree with them.)
While I can get not wanting the res at the cost of DPS, I don't see it going away and I wouldn't want to see it go away. While yes it puts RDM on the lower end of the DPS spectrum, RDM still brings more then enough DPS to clear anything. I know we are only talking savage here for the most part, but we do have to take a step back and remember a majority of the playerbase never takes part in that. In a casual PUG RDM raise and cure is amazing. Taking their support away from them there will anger a huge amount of players who play the class for that very reason, I don't see it happening.On the other hand if you made RDM do as good rDPS as BLM it would be taken over it due to its back up support. I get that its frustrating that if its not used it adds nothing but it still exist and it does have use.

Like I said though I'm all for them closing the gap a bit between the current top rDPS and those under them but if you remove the outliers things actually look fairly balanced.