RDM, the iconic 'jack of all trades' job

[Sho86]

...and it doesn't get its cure till level 54. I did the mistake of doing potd pre-50, and holy crap was that sad. 4/4 RDM party, everyone played up to par in the role, and we wipe at the lv30 boss because no one can heal, and not enough burst damage at that level either.

It was not for a lack of trying, we each spammed Erase(role skill) when it was up, pots etc, even tried lolDrain a couple times. Until mid-50s RDM is just a very watered down BLM; which is fine till your thrown into a sync'ed duty - potd or otherwise.

Anyways I'm going to sleep now, I just wanted to vent. <_<

[Rhysati]

Considering that every class can solo through level 30, if you couldn't do it with a full party either RDM is worse than 1/4th the power of any other class or you all just weren't playing smart in any way.

[Aonghas]

None of the content is ever going to be balanced with PotD in mind; most especially low-end PotD.

My experience with red mage has been very different, though. Even synced to low levels in almost all content, the red mage's dualcast and enchanted rapier strikes have been extremely bursty and has further trivialized pre-50 content, including in Palace. Running with four red mages shouldn't be meaningfully different from running with four of any other dps class.

It's still way too early to say for certain, though. More input needed from the community at large before a baseline can really be established.

[JunseiKei]

My experience with red mage has been very different, though. Even synced to low levels in almost all content, the red mage's dualcast and enchanted rapier strikes have been extremely bursty and has further trivialized pre-50 content, including in Palace.

This with me as well. Then again, I also run around with 99/99 because I've never once cared about having an aetherpool/kinna weapon.

[Keramory]

I agree with the replies about ptod but that wasn't the entire point the op was making.

Rdm. Rdm people, get cure post 50.

That's silly. Very silly

[Deceptus]

...and it doesn't get its cure till level 54. I did the mistake of doing potd pre-50, and holy crap was that sad. 4/4 RDM party, everyone played up to par in the role, and we wipe at the lv30 boss because no one can heal, and not enough burst damage at that level either.

It was not for a lack of trying, we each spammed Erase(role skill) when it was up, pots etc, even tried lolDrain a couple times. Until mid-50s RDM is just a very watered down BLM; which is fine till your thrown into a sync'ed duty - potd or otherwise.

Anyways I'm going to sleep now, I just wanted to vent. <_<

You realize potions are thrown at you in POTD right?

[GetFoesReqd]

I dunno, last night we did a RDM, SAM, BRD 3 man fixed at floor 1, and we obliterated everything. At about floor 7 or 8, the RDM was vaporizing everything, even moreso than I was as a BRD, and our SAM never even got to hit things. The bosses were a joke and the further we went, the more the RDM just made us look like posers. I know PotD is never an accurate measure of anything, but this guy was shredding it without us and we were just playing catchup.

Personally I think they'd be fine even without any cures or rezzes. It might not feel classic, but not everything can without imbalance. And so I think 54 is fine for the cure, its just delicious icing anyway. When you can shred things like a RDM apparently can, giving them a real heal and a rez is just icing on an already iced cake.

[Warlyx]

drain drain and drain more

[Aonghas]

Rdm gets cure 4 levels after you unlock Rdm. Given that they still only have a few actual black and white magic attack spells at 50, I have no issue at all from a lore stand point with them not having cure yet.

Vercure and Veraise are nice utility spells, and I won't complain that we have them, but honestly their inclusion with the dual-casting mechanic surprised me. They are spells well worth waiting a few levels to unlock.