Seeing Red - A Complete Red Mage Guide

[Lienad]

what is the usage case for Addle? I took it as one of my role skills, but I've literally never used it. when(and on what) am I supposed to use it?

on what is easy to say, on the boss obviously :3
when:
allways when the whole raid is going to get dmg, so that the dmg will not be that high and cause of that helping the healers or ethen helping other raid members if they weren't full life/had vulnerability stacks

@KaisaaVonFaust
I actually like more speed as well, you get faster to your melee combo and it feels so much more fluent for me now.
but every class that has a gauge to full is very happy with speed in generall right now, cause you fill it faster that way
we as rdm might have a breaking point at which we can get another cast under embolden as well so yeah, im certainly not going to avoid speed
the rest of my stats are close to yours and i think its stronger that way than just going straight for DH or CRT

[KaisaaVonFaust]

@lienad Thank you very much for the response! I completely agree. Just most things I read say to avoid SPS. I just wanted to make sure I'm not alone haha.

[Maero]

I still use Addle it has it's uses, and does not really cut into rotation all too much

[Wolf_Gang]

What's an optimal opener without prepull hardcasts?

Sometimes there are short pulls without a countdown.

[Lienad]

What's an optimal opener without prepull hardcasts?

Sometimes there are short pulls without a countdown.

there doesn't really exist an optimal opener or that situation, its actually the same old going for 40/40 mana for manafication, you will just start with jolt II instead of veraero/verthunder
the rest is the same just rotating through aero/thunder and using rdy procs if they come

[Declio]

what is the usage case for Addle? I took it as one of my role skills, but I've literally never used it. when(and on what) am I supposed to use it?

I didn't use Addle at all until O3s. In O3s, I use Addle on the White Flame add (first add of the fight) since it does such a large amount of damage to the off-tank. I also use Addle in the final phase when the boss does the "blue square" (stand on blue squares for safe spot) mechanic as this does significantly more damage than when this mechanic first appears earlier in the fight. It can also be difficult to top the raid before the aoe damage since people may move to different squares or be late in arriving to the square.

[Draxxion]

What's an optimal opener without prepull hardcasts?

Sometimes there are short pulls without a countdown.

I don't know if it is "optimal" and someone can correct me on this, but I got this idea from a FC mate of mine who is also a RDM. As the tank is running in you can Swiftcast + Acceleration + Veraero or Verthunder depending on what is lowest. You can proc a verstone or verfire (I have procced them even without Acceleration) cast off a swiftcasted spell. The Acceleration just ensures that it is procs. Have found it quite useful for those tanks that don't countdown and let you precast.

[Eliniell]

Are there any updates on actual stat weight numbers yet?

[Zorzi]

How high do your black/white mana have to be to make it worth holding onto Manafication? 50+? 70+? Never?

[Fortune_Cookie]

How high do your black/white mana have to be to make it worth holding onto Manafication? 50+? 70+? Never?

There is no universal answer because it depends on fight length. If the boss will be dead in 10s and you're at 70/70 just fire it off. If, on the other hand, the boss will live another 60s hold onto to it for your next cycle.

If you think of it in terms of mana generated per time unit, some very crude numbers put the cut off point in the 60-65 range. But I doubt that abstract number holds much value given that TTK, phase timings, and cd windows are what counts in a real fight.