According to his response, he was probably referring the other spells, which do have a long cast time.
RDM needs a tweak somewhere. How is it fair when they're one of the easiest jobs, the better DPS,
support and stuff when BLM suffers because of the constant AoE dancing and still
give out less damage when it's a hard to master job? It's outclassed by RDM.

Blm is a 123 Job just like most, and I Have not played in a party yet where I've been out dps'd By a Red Mage. The Blm doesn't have mobilty/utility because of how high its dps is and even then people forget scathe is a move for moves, Red mage's balance is the lack of mp regen without cross role, Blm has lucid, convert and umbral... Smn has lucid, energy, and aether... It's a dps loss if a Red mage heals or raises and if you never seen one get rezzed with Ld On cool Down Know this They Are Screwed Unlessed There's An unlikely party member with mana shift and nice enough to feed the poor, I'm with the op in saying I wish people would stop crying and play their jobs




Maybe you haven't, but FFlogs shows RDM doing better DPS than BLM in Susano/Lakshmi EX at all percentiles but 99th+ for Lakshmi EX.
If BLM doesn't have mobility then what is Aetherial Manipulation and Between the Lines? Again, RDM beats BLM in the 4.0 EX primals at almost all percentiles.
Scathe's damage is minuscule compared to our Fire spells when you factor in the AF damage multiplier. If you're trying to do the 4.0 rotation you flat-out can't use Scathe or you lose a F4 due to not enough MP.
RDM can last a good while without LD. You only need it for Susano/Lakshmi EX, but even then you're not exactly given a lot of good Role Action choices with Break/Drain/Surecast/Erase being too niche for general use. If you don't want to take Mana Shift due to MP concerns then you only have 5 choices left for RDM Role Actions.
BLM use LD for enmity reduction, not MP regen (which doesn't work in AF). Convert is used for additional F4s, not to help with MP regen. Most BLM consider Convert a DPS cooldown, not an MP cooldown.
I'm not touching SMN since I haven't played them in a while to have an accurate opinion on their MP issues.
You mean like how Melee DPS are screwed if they don't have Invigorate ready along with someone to give them Goad? Every Job but BLM suffers in resources after a death, RDM isn't special here.
Last edited by magnanimousCynic; 07-15-2017 at 04:47 AM.
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