Red Mages Needs a Bit More Complexity

[Frowny]

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On the same token, RDM has a damn good damage up buff and a res/cure if needed. When a class has their cake and can eat it too, it skews balance as people natively want easier if it is just as rewarding, if not more so, than complex.

RDM falls into a weird spot of not as complex and has utility, but can easily pull absolutely insane numbers. Yet the team's stance (well, on paper) is that utility means less personal DPS.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

I hope RDM stays exactly the way it is. We need LESS complexity amongst the DPS classes IMO. RDM is the first DPS class I actually enjoy playing that isnt trying to twist my fingers in knots with all the gymnastics or looking at everything except what i'm fighting trying to keep track of this buff, or that timer. Leave my RDM alone. I like it just the way it is. If you want complex dps there's plenty of other options.

[Kolsykol]

How would attaching and AoE and a DoT make them more '' complex?
It would only make them even more stronger and braindead... You're asking for a buff, not complexity.

[Daws]

Personally I wish RDM did have a bit more depth to it, I find it odd that Fletche and Contre Sixte have no interaction with the job's core mechanics for instance, but clearly lots of people love RDM the way it is. SAM has checked all the dps boxes for me so we do have options with the new kids on the block.

[DestroidNGS]

Well, maybe "complexity" was the wrong word, but I love the reactions.

I like RDM a lot too, I just feel like adding some decision points would spice it up - oh, and all without adding potency, as I noted in the initial post. "Under the guise," lol, yeah man, lowkey asking for buffs, you got me.

The different additions to the spells would allow you to choose which one best suits a given situation. Guess I didn't type it out that clearly, my bad. But I am sure there are better ways to accomplish that than what I posted.

I'll stand by Acceleration being slight garbage. Adding to it would, at times, allow you to decide to use it to proc the "Ready" abilities as it does now to improve your mana balance, OR use it to allow for a quick ranged spike of DPS in situations where the melee combo isn't feasible. Super complex? Nope. Just an added decision.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

I really don't want any more "decision points". I like the simplicity for a change. Just leave RDM as it is. It doesn't need to be changed.

[DestroidNGS]

That's cool man, different strokes and all. RDM is great fun.

[Meta-Flare]

That's cool man, different strokes and all. RDM is great fun.

I wish we could do a bit more with melee somehow. Maybe a melee move like verholy/flare that is a cap move to a verwhite or verblack combo. It could be a rush with a big thrust at the end if at long range, or some type of jump away attack if in melee range. It would be a cool way to string the whole kit together. Use jolt, instant cast verwhite/black, melee cap move (finale?) To jump in do melee combo, jump out and pop verholy/flare. Some type of thing like that would be near I think.

Or maybe the melee cap move allows for your enhanced melee combo to not use mana. Or your next non enhanced combo generates mana?

Also, is your name a reference to the edm band destroid?

[DestroidNGS]

Also, is your name a reference to the edm band destroid?

Nah, it's a Robotech reference. Fitting for FFXIV, right?

What you fail to realize

You're a great conversationalist. I don't find those items that complex, hence this post. I see that you disagree. That's fine.

[IchiExorz]

Tbh I like it that RDM is a rather simple job. Not coz I don't like a challenge but just because it flows so well together and it seems quite versatile.