Quote Originally Posted by SieyaM View Post
Honestly, and this is going to be a very unpopular opinion that is rife with balance issues, I wish they would allow RDM to switch between a white and black magic stance giving benefits of each. Black magic stance could focus very heavily on damage replacing any utility and healing with DPS tools while White magic stance could give us even more utility in addition to vercure and raise being available. I feel like it would allow for some kind of player expression with the job but I can already see how whichever stance gave the higher DPS output would be the only one people allowed RDM to play as in groups.

I have to strongly disagree with this for two reasons:


1. Having played during stance dance days, this works horribly in practice and would in fact cause more trouble than it would resolve for RDM.
2. Having played FFXI, this would dangerously put rdm close to a healer-alternative role, and trust me you really don't want to land Rdm in this spot. It will entirely destroy the identity of rdm and cause certain meta that forces rdm into a healer role. Granted the game isn't built well to force this kind of meta, but in certain instances where a healer is too much to ask for and a rdm fits the bill enough while being able to stance dance between a healer/dps role...yeah, you really don't want this. Trust me.