Red Mage has embolden, which buffs the Red Mage's magic damage by 20% and the physical dps of the party by 10%, with the percentages dropping every 4 seconds. Once again, it's a raid wide damage increase, and much better than Devotion in its current state.

As for Bard and Machinist, I don't think it's fair to compare as both are support/utility jobs anyway, despite changes to that utility in 4.0

All in all, Devotion is rather pathetic compared to the unique utility the other DPS get (with the exception of Black Mage). Not only that, but it requires sic in order to use, meaning while you're buffing a party member, Garuda could use its new contagion during an inopportune moment, and your overall DPS could drop significantly, or Ifrit using radiant shield during a burn phase where doing the most DPS is required. These possible sitautions make me disappointed with Devotion.

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