Please, NEVER nerf RDM!

[LineageRazor]

RDM's utility is largely based in reducing its DPS output. Sure a RDM can raise 6 people in the time it takes someone else to raise 2, but will they have any MP left afterwards? RDM has no in-built MP regeneration, it relies solely on potions and Lucid Dreaming. Unlike BLM with infinite mana, RDM has finite resources that, once depleted, render the class useless. Yes a good RDM knows how to time their use of Lucid Dreaming and not to raise people who just keep getting killed, but the job still has finite mana.

A RDM who raises six people may be out of mana - but you'll have six people up who weren't before. If the tradeoff is between having the RDM sit out a while and do 0 DPS, or having six people stay dead on the ground, I'd say the answer is pretty obvious.

It's a moot point, though, because situations where a RDM even has the opportunity to raise six people generally aren't going to happen outside of a 24-player raid. The point I was trying to make is that RDM's raise is fast, and it is always available - something that can't even be said for dedicated healers. It's why I think Verraise is going to get a nerf, even if in all other regards other jobs are brought up to RDM's level rather than RDM being brought down to theirs.

30 seconds? what in gods name. seriously? the 9 second cast isnt enough for you?

Not sure what you mean. For any RDM with an ounce of sense, Raise is instant cast. It could have a thirty minute cast time, and it'd STILL be overpowered in the context of RDM's playstyle.