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

[Katie_Kitty]

What makes a red mage is being able to utilize black and white magic spells but cannot cast higher Tier black and white magic spells.

Let me stop you right there. A Red Mage is much more than simply a mage that uses both white and black magic. If that was all it is, then it would be nothing more than a weaker sage. No, the true identity of a RDM lies in its versatility, and that means a RDM should be competent not just in black and white spellcasting but also in direct hand-to-hand combat.

Unfortunately, this version of Red Mage is being held back from reaching its true potential because FFXIV is a game being ran by people with a bias in favor of black mage and no desire to ever allow RDM to be anything more than a gimped black mage with a rez. The development team's lack of vision and creative energy is on full display both here and with blue mage, which has been reduced to the status of a limited job as a result.

A true Red Mage would have the tools to slot into a raid in place of a healer, adequately operate as a melee attacker during times of forced movement, and maybe even take a tank buster with some special TLC from a healer who goes out of their way to keep it alive. Instead, what we got was a squishy mage that lacks the firepower of a BLM but does not have any of the true versatility required to make up for it. A cure that you should never use during battle, a raise which admittedly is nice but with a price tag that is far too high, and a fake dualcast that doesn't actually let you cast two spells in one turn (the worst offender as far as I'm concerned) don't get the job done.

[Wayfinder3]

Let me stop you right there. A Red Mage is much more than simply a mage that uses both white and black magic. If that was all it is, then it would be nothing more than a weaker sage. No, the true identity of a RDM lies in its versatility, and that means a RDM should be competent not just in black and white spellcasting but also in direct hand-to-hand combat.

Unfortunately, this version of Red Mage is being held back from reaching its true potential because FFXIV is a game being ran by people with a bias in favor of black mage and no desire to ever allow RDM to be anything more than a gimped black mage with a rez. The development team's lack of vision and creative energy is on full display both here and with blue mage, which has been reduced to the status of a limited job as a result.

A true Red Mage would have the tools to slot into a raid in place of a healer, adequately operate as a melee attacker during times of forced movement, and maybe even take a tank buster with some special TLC from a healer who goes out of their way to keep it alive. Instead, what we got was a squishy mage that lacks the firepower of a BLM but does not have any of the true versatility required to make up for it. A cure that you should never use during battle, a raise which admittedly is nice but with a price tag that is far too high, and a fake dualcast that doesn't actually let you cast two spells in one turn (the worst offender as far as I'm concerned) don't get the job done.

Yeah, this is true for the most part. RDM feels very half baked because it can't be too strong since it's the master of none, and they supposed jack of all trades healer utility is a gcd cure thats even weaker than the regular heals cure 1. vercure is so weak that it couldn't actually heal 1/3rd of a tanks maximum HP in 2 cast. It has no utility to slot in to tanking, it has 1 Melee combo and is otherwise 2.0 BLM where firestarter procs are just 100% instead of being random