Red Mage looks Incomplete

[Wilan]

I paid attention to Vercure in the gameplay footage going around in youtube and it seemed to heal about 5500~HP. If it doesn't scale with INT it scales with attack power, but definetely not MND. Cast it twice in a row and that's a really decent amount.

As for a lack of defensive cooldown, did you notice that RDM is the most mobile caster of the game? He can move after basically every cast, has a gap closer AND a disengage skill, while never dropping the dps, PLUS a decent self-heal in case things go wrong. If you can't dodge AOEs with that mobility I don't know what's your problem.
A blackmage needs Manaward because it's on the opposite side of the mobility range, but the RDM can live without it.

Honestly, now that the embargo has lifted there's so many opinions flooding the internet and I've yet to find ONE PERSON who had the chance to play the new Red Mage and didn't like them. Hell I'm an old time RDM fan, I've been a main RDM for all the time I've played FFXI, and I'm really liking what I'm seeing. Why do we always need to complain without stepping back and looking at things in context? :/

[Vexander]

As for a lack of defensive cooldown, did you notice that RDM is the most mobile caster of the game? He can move after basically every cast, has a gap closer AND a disengage skill, while never dropping the dps, PLUS a decent self-heal in case things go wrong. If you can't dodge AOEs with that mobility I don't know what's your problem.
A blackmage needs Manaward because it's on the opposite side of the mobility range, but the RDM can live without it.

Wait, BLM -doesn't- have Mobility? Have you been watching the same videos on Stormblood Black Mages as I have? What with Aetherial Manipulation, a Teleport back to Leylines, Swiftcast + Tricast... BLM has a LOT of mobility now. Besides, its not exactly hard to avoid AOE as a BLM now either. Its the unavoidable field-wide damaging moves from bosses where some damage mitigation abilities come in. They take a bit of stress off the healer, and if you're unlucky and the healer(s) go down, as a RDM you might be able to survive with your damage mitigation to bring them back with Verraise.

[MomomiMomi]

Wait, BLM -doesn't- have Mobility? Have you been watching the same videos on Stormblood Black Mages as I have? What with Aetherial Manipulation, a Teleport back to Leylines, Swiftcast + Tricast... BLM has a LOT of mobility now. Besides, its not exactly hard to avoid AOE as a BLM now either. Its the unavoidable field-wide damaging moves from bosses where some damage mitigation abilities come in. They take a bit of stress off the healer, and if you're unlucky and the healer(s) go down, as a RDM you might be able to survive with your damage mitigation to bring them back with Verraise.

Using those mobility abilities is going to cost you dps. RDM can move without a loss.

If everyone is going to be taking damage, no need to avoid it. Healer's going to AoE heal anyway. Mitigation would just be wasted unless if the damage was going to kill you.

[Vexander]

Using those mobility abilities is going to cost you dps. RDM can move without a loss.

If everyone is going to be taking damage, no need to avoid it. Healer's going to AoE heal anyway. Mitigation would just be wasted unless if the damage was going to kill you.

I'm not sure if the move to leylines is on the Global Cooldown, but Aetherial Manipulation doesn't trigger it. Swiftcast and Tricast don't either so... not really all that much of a DPS loss.