Quote Originally Posted by Ankhira View Post
What do you mean? BLM has always been harder to play optimally than RDM, and it still is despite the changes (RIP old BLM, I miss you). PCT is also more restrictive with cast times and painting. I don’t mean to push down your experience, but RDM was never that hard compared to the other casters. SMN is definitely the easiest, sure, but calling RDM the ‘last hard caster’ feels like a stretch when its whole thing is about utilizing instant casts.
RDM's instant casts are far more rigid and RDM has the fewest tools out of all the casters for on-demand movement.

RDM optimization also involved minimizing fleche and C6 drift which was not always trivial because you needed to make sure your instants lined up on the correct GCDs.