Why is RDM invisible right now? Where is the outrage?

[Arete-Nomos]

I am praying that by "ranged" they meant all 5 struggling jobs. However, "Ranged" is typically shorthand for Physical Ranged, ie BRD MCH DNC. They outright name SMN and they outright name "Ranged". I want to hear them outright name RDM. Until I see some acknowledgement that we are getting fixes too, I will assume that we are left behind.

[dinnertime]

I am praying that by "ranged" they meant all 5 struggling jobs. However, "Ranged" is typically shorthand for Physical Ranged, ie BRD MCH DNC. They outright name SMN and they outright name "Ranged". I want to hear them outright name RDM. Until I see some acknowledgement that we are getting fixes too, I will assume that we are left behind.

Yes, but "caster" is called Magic Ranged officially, so Ranged DPS nonetheless. Have faith! And honestly RDM doesn't have too many glaring problems now aside from the lack of damage so that's probably why they didn't bother mentioning it but instead generalized Ranged DPS as a whole since they're under-performing (in damage I assume). Again, SMN was mentioned specifically because it plays like wack.

[Excaliburnina]

As long as red mage can throw out as many instant raises as it currently can it'll remain training wheels.



Red mage doesn't really have on demand movement other than Swiftcast and Enchanted Reprise. Red mage has to hard cast something to get Dual Cast, so it's not on demand at all. And since Dual Cast is used a soon as it is generated there are certainly times when the red mage has to move and does not have time to do a hard cast. Not to mention fights where movement is longer than a GCD.

Red mage can move more frequently than other casters, but it's not on demand movement. So fights like Eden and Titan where there's phases with a ton of movement the red mage is going to be resorting to Enchanted Reprise since they'll likely be unable to safely get off a hard cast.

This can be alleviated by using caster-uptime friendly strats which apply to BLM just as well. In a vacuum, RDM can't move very well, but nobody plays this game in a vacuum. Judging a job's ability to move based on vacuums makes no sense since no mechanics requiring movement occur in a vacuum. In real encounters, people make adjustments for every role to keep uptime, and if they don't it's of no fault of the job design. Even in scenarios where they don't, practicing good always-be-casting alleviates a significant amount of problems with uptime with RDM. You can even slidecast Stormy Horizons if you really want, just the same as Pantokrator. If your argument is that RDM at a low skill level shouldn't have the movement issues, then what about the entirety of casttimes in general? Should they not be punishing?