Please nerf RDM!

[Zojha]

So, I believe the Live Letter just confirmed no changes to RDM, which is absolute bs IMO

Also:

A5. One of the main concepts of FFXIV is that “when playing a job, you experience the uniqueness of that job.”
Due to this, there is a difference in difficulty between the jobs, and it used to be that higher difficulty meant more DPS. We will be scaling down this factor.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...13#post4303113

TL;DR: Don't bother playing more difficult jobs. You don't get rewarded with higher performance, you only get more opportunities to mess up and perform worse as a result.

[Fortune_Cookie]

Also:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...13#post4303113

TL;DR: Don't bother playing more difficult jobs. You don't get rewarded with higher performance, you only get more opportunities to mess up and perform worse as a result.

Aye, pretty disheartening to read that kind of statement. Can always hope that it's pure spin...

[Wavaryen]

Q5. It was explained that in Patch 4.0 the focus was to reduce the large DPS disparity, but certain jobs feel more reliant on player skill than others. Are certain jobs intended to maintain that difference?

A5. One of the main concepts of FFXIV is that “when playing a job, you experience the uniqueness of that job.”
Due to this, there is a difference in difficulty between the jobs, and it used to be that higher difficulty meant more DPS. We will be scaling down this fact


Good logic to me, Glad the devs feel like this.

Easier and harder should not matter on how well a class does. It is about play style. Some people enjoy tougher classes. Some people don't. Glad the Devs at least understand this common sense.

[Oscura]

Also:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...13#post4303113

TL;DR: Don't bother playing more difficult jobs. You don't get rewarded with higher performance, you only get more opportunities to mess up and perform worse as a result.

I actually started laughing.

It's a good thing I started playing Red Mage after all.

Time to keep Dragoon in the trash too.

[Vulcwen]

TL;DR: Don't bother playing more difficult jobs. You don't get rewarded with higher performance, you only get more opportunities to mess up and perform worse as a result.

Considering their earlier balance statements aren't met at all, I'd not trust that phrase either. Perhaps they'll scale up the inverse :P