I’m impressed with the red mage changes. It honestly didn’t even need much, and we get a couple of extra buttons to press during burst phases. There’s also some good QoL changes.

I like that RDM is a little more complex than SMN.

I hope they revisit RDM job identity in 8.0. It started as what a traditional red mage was in older games - some white and black mage with a little melee. Over the last 3 expansions we’ve slowly become the rose mage. I want more white and black magic. A little sad that we have 4 out of 6 elements and PIC is launching with all 6 elements plus white and black aspected spells.

It’s hard to judge jobs in the first month. I’m sure tons of people are going to flock to PIC because it’s shiny and new. Give it a few months and 90% of people go back to their mains. It happens every expansion.

That being said, I think the aesthetic might push people away more quickly.