The State of Red Mage is Insulting

[Rychu]

I'd be willing to have Verraise with a 60s recast time if it meant to be taken out of the DPS tax from Red Mages' equation. And Vercure... It's niche but it's the good kind of niche. Nobody expects you to use it during high end content, but it's really nice to have in the many solo duties we have in this game, or Field Missions.

Oh I agree that in solo duties and stuff, it is definitely a nice thing to have. But in the high end content that the game is balanced around, it is a worthless addition. And we all know that the devs factor Vercure into balancing Red Mage which is total crap.

[Raikai]

And we all know that the devs factor Vercure into balancing Red Mage which is total crap.

Wait, they stated this out loud? I thought that was just in regards of the (actual useful) utility that Verraise had. I'm a PF raider and I don't think I ever encountered a RDM actually trying to 'help' with Vercure, even when the healers were struggling.