Seeing Red - A Complete Red Mage Guide

[JustMatt]

You are not factoring in the gcd it doesn't matter if it is instant. You are still locked by your gcd. If you swift cast fire 4, you cannot just start casting a fire 4 spell straight after. You have to wait for the gcd and this applies to RDM too.

You have to look at the overall time it takes. 5 seconds for 2 spells is still 5 seconds for 2 spells whether one of those is instant doesn't matter.

The benefits are that is gives us great mobility, It makes it easy to weave without clipping and we get quite good burst every 2 gcds because of it.