Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXXVII Discussion Thread

[silentwindfr]

Red Mage is an odd one since Black Mage really just needs to be better. Hopefully all the buffs it gets brings it to where it should be. Samurai, on the other hand, is perfectly fine.
- Highest damage potential of the casters; second highest of DPS overall
- Arguably the best utility of all DPS jobs
- The only DPS capable of healing a raid; one of only two DPS with raise
- Excellent mana efficiency
- A simplified and generally easy to execute rotation

the mana efficiency is not is forte, same his aoe capacity is extremely limited and not the best out. without forget that instant cast skill don't proc his dual cast. meaning that he is forced to cast all his first spell of dual cast.
the heal gonna get a nerf and the rez... if your group play well is useless, then it's a big debate about the utility of this skill.
even his group buff is extremely tailored for be into a group mainly focusing on physical dps. (without forget it is decaying)

the reason of why the red mage is in front of the black mage? his burst dps, the strongest combinaison of skill is a melee combo. that the reason, plus it was discovered that a bug was allowing him to increase his damage artificially, i invite you to go check the dps forum someone have posted it.
the rotation of the blm is simpler for me than the one of the red mage but it's a debate of skill or habit of play then subjective.