Quote Originally Posted by Kabooa View Post
It comes down to a few things.

1. Shifting burden of MP
2. Minimizing potential cost of GCDs
3. Availability outside Healer Role

Verraise in its current form does all 3. Summoner does it with 2, and with swiftcast can do all 3.

At the bare minimum, to equalize the casters, Black Mage needs 2 of those 3, and it needs it in a form that is either comparable to Summoner or unique to itself.

*looks at Mana Shift*

Or get rid of it, or make a role version and heavily reduce its frequency.
Personally I'm on team "get rid of it." I would compromise with "raise becomes a role skill." In either case, basically no matter the scope of Shurrikan's suggestion (increase verraise's cost (damage and mana gauge)), it wouldn't be enough, which is also sort of my point as a response to Shurri. Even back when verraise bankrupted RDM basically on first cast, you would find people saying "its fine their damage is low, they have verraise."