Quote Originally Posted by Tupsi View Post
I don't think you ever touched XI if you threw RDM into the "true support" category lol.
Quote Originally Posted by Xatsh View Post
You and me played different games in reference to rdm, brd maby in hnm fights I would give you the it is boring as all get out.

RDM was a healer, Support, Tank, Crowd Control and Debuff class for endgame XI. Only thing it could not do well endgame was nuke and melee.

Brd was a refresh whore in party play in XI. I will say that. This one I actually agree with you on. But outside hnms they were main pullers, secondary crowd control, main support, back up healer. (They were one of the most active jobs in a party)

Solo play brd was garbage through and through it required a party to function. RDM was a god amoung classes capable of killing world bosses that were designed for alliances solo. (well took hours to do but still doable)
When I left FFXI (albeit a very long time ago), the RDM was strongly encouraged during party play to Refresh, Haste, Dia, etc. Which effectively took the very diverse RDM and pigeonholed it into a buff/debuff bot when it played with others because its buffs were so strong.

There is little to no skill to buffing/debuffing and very little immediate consequence. These abilities work better as a side function of an existing tank/dps/healer, not as its primary role.