Seeing Red - A Complete Red Mage Guide

[Declio]

Embolden, use prior to melee combo(exact timing I have no idea. testing needed for optimal time)

I've been using embolden between the 2nd and 3rd parts of my melee combo to ensure that both my enchanted redoublement and flare/holy are under the full 20% effect. I'm not sure if this is better than having all 3 parts of the melee combo at 20% and the flare/holy at something like 16% or 12%, but it's probably simple math to figure out.

I had a blast farming Suzy EX last night on RDM and seemed to be crushing everyone on the charts. This probably had a lot to do with my pocket DRG buffs, but I'm a little scared that RDM will be overpowered from a raw output perspective. More raid data needed!

[Silverquick]

I had a blast farming Suzy EX last night on RDM and seemed to be crushing everyone on the charts. This probably had a lot to do with my pocket DRG buffs, but I'm a little scared that RDM will be overpowered from a raw output perspective. More raid data needed!

I haven't done any Raids yet, but I am seeing the same thing... the DPS output is incredible.

BLM is slightly higher, but in movement intensive places which is almost everything... it can't keep up. Enochian was supposed to be always on... but it doesn't work that way. It's still based on a OCD. Once you break Enochian it's done... everything as a BLM revolves around it. So basically Yoshi fibbed.

RDM though, the output at least up to level 63 is incredible and that's in all dungeons both level 50 and 60 and 70th.

[Rbstr]

I've been using embolden between the 2nd and 3rd parts of my melee combo to ensure that both my enchanted redoublement and flare/holy are under the full 20% effect. I'm not sure if this is better than having all 3 parts of the melee combo at 20% and the flare/holy at something like 16% or 12%, but it's probably simple math to figure out.

I think you're right: Enchanted Zwerch is only 290 potency, so it's basically at your average. It's better to increase your biggest hits when you have the choice. But that does assume you aren't holding on to embolden very long and "wasting" uptime on it, you have to math that out more specifically.

Enochian was supposed to be always on... but it doesn't work that way. It's still based on a OCD. Once you break Enochian it's done... everything as a BLM revolves around it. So basically Yoshi fibbed

I mean, Transpose's CD is a second shorter than umbral ice and astral fire's timer. So...you could literally run around all day just swapping back and forth via Transpose and never lose enochian.
In practice it is clearly somewhat harder, but if you're planning a bit ahead it is much, much easier now,