Job Feedback: RDM

[Hyrist]

That's not a call to buff Red Mage so much as heavily nerf Bard, however. Their current performance is far and beyond even Machinest, their direct peer.

This is why I drew the correlation to Black Mage, who sacrifices mobility under Red Mage for its power, not Bard, who has burst, mobility, dots, its range makes up for its squishyness with down real downsides. You don't/shouldent take anyone over Bard in this meta - and that's a more serious problem.

Taking something that has clearly been declared overpowered and using it as justification to buff another class isn't proper balance management. Again, I'm all for adjusting Red Mage upward, but saying it's terrible is incorrect. It's comparable to its direct counterpart, Black Mage in performance. It does not, however, have enough utility to offset its increased risk. And yes, I'm pushing utility, or probably suitability over damage bonuses because increasing Red Mage's damage performance will overcompensate.

Overall though, 4-man ranked has a lot more troubles of where Red Mage fits on the power rankings.