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  1. #1
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    Arcano Jones
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    Arcanist Lv 53

    Red Mage Rotation

    Does this seem like the right rotation
    1. Acceleration
    2. Swiftcast
    3. VerAero ( if ready)
    4. Verstone ( if ready)
    5. Verthunder
    6. Verfire
    7. Impact
    8. Jolt
    9. Corps a Corps
    10. Enc. Riposte
    11. Enc. Z
    12. Redouble
    13. Fleche ( when ready)

    14 If AOE needed use Scatter and Enc. Moulinet 9-12

    Providing anything survives all of this repeat..
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    Last edited by ArcanoJones; 08-08-2017 at 10:45 AM.

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    Zera Vyre
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    Midgardsormr
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    Black Mage Lv 90
    Let me shorten it for you:

    Roll face on keyboard
    Have god-tier mobility
    buff 5 other players in the party with Embolden
    proceed to get 98th percentile.


    Salty satire aside, what you want to do is acceleration at -10 seconds then begin hardcasting verthunder at -4.5 seconds (have your tank use a countdown). This lets you land verthunder and veraero on "Start" for max mana building off the bat and proc chance. Everything else should be straightforward from there.
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    Xehmnus Rayne
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    Astrologian Lv 60
    What I have, more or less, been doing is starting out how Llugen said. ...after the salty satire bit... >_> There really isn't a set rotation though. It's more of a priority system based on your current mana levels and procs. Weave your oGCD's appropriately and you should be good. Pop manafication once you're between 40-50 mana so you can rush in with your melee that much quicker. (45-50 for AoE fights so you can do 3 rounds of moulinet)
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    Keldion Duskwander
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    Balmung
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    Dark Knight Lv 100
    Corps-a-corps, Displacement, Fleche and Contre Sixte are all off the GCD, so give consideration to weaving those in between your hardcast -> Dualcast Verthunder/Veraero cycles. So long as you keep your White and Black mana levels within 30 of each other, you're doing great.

    If you can perform a full Enchanted combo with uneven mana totals, you're guaranteed to proc Verstone/Verfire Ready off the following Verflare/Verholy.
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    Seiya Quoyan
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    Red Mage Lv 70
    Quote Originally Posted by Xehmnus View Post
    What I have, more or less, been doing is starting out how Llugen said. ...after the salty satire bit... >_> There really isn't a set rotation though. It's more of a priority system based on your current mana levels and procs. Weave your oGCD's appropriately and you should be good. Pop manafication once you're between 40-50 mana so you can rush in with your melee that much quicker. (45-50 for AoE fights so you can do 3 rounds of moulinet)
    That's what I love about the class, that it's more priority-based than others tend to be. Makes you think a little more on your toes.

    But aye @OP Not a real set rotation to RDM, just keep an eye on your mana gauges, weave in OGCDs, zip in for melee combo, flip out for explosion, rinse and repeat 'til everything's dead.
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    Sir Rawrz
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    Red Mage Lv 90
    Character limit.... Nevermind. Character limit phone died. Typed too much to retype.
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    Last edited by Rawrz; 08-08-2017 at 12:35 PM.

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    Asuka Kirai
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    Well that's very brief if I've ever seen one. But yeah, for the most part it's correct especially if <Lv 60, otherwise, to add to what others have said about precasting aero/thunder, sometime during your opener, between GCDs, if you can, weave in Corps-a-corps, and displacement then it's worthwhile as you'll only reset the cooldown on them upon using manafication anyway. If your latency is bad like mine then just single weave it, otherwise double weave it

    What I have goes something like this, slightly modified:

    Acceleration
    hardcast Thunder (grants Dualcast/Verfire)
    (Move to Autoattack range) Aero(proc)
    Contre/Fleche(weaved)
    verfire
    dualcasted Aero/Thunder (depending on mana needs)
    Displacement/Corps-a-Corps(weaved)
    Jolt II
    (1) Verfire/Verstone > Thunder/Aero (Depending if previous dualcasted spell procs & on mana requirements)
    ---Continue this til 40/40-49-49 (Preferably unbalanced) & casting according to proc priority & using Contre/Fleche between dualcasted spells when off cooldown, alongside acceleration when possible---
    Manafication
    Enchanted Riptose > Embolden > Enchanted Zwerch > Enchanted redoublement
    Displacement
    Verflare/Verholy (depending on the lower MP)
    Corps-a-Corps
    Verstone/Verfire (depending on proc)
    Back to (1)
    --Continue to 80/80+ (preferably slightly unbalanced), again, casting according to proc priority, using the usual contre/fleche between dualcasted spells and when off cooldown, alongside acceleration when possible--

    The modification I made was when I'm using Embolden, and I slightly delay my displacement, so what I have goes something like this now for melee:

    Enc. Riptose > Enc. Zwer > Embolden > Enc. Redoublement > Verflare/holy > Verstone/fire > Veraero/thunder > displacement

    Everything from here is mostly post-60, but pre.. Again, just balance your mana, then use melee combo when 80/80+.

    EDIT: To add, make sure you keep an eye on your proc timers, as you don't want to use them when they're about to expire. *Stares angrily towards Impact* This is the biggest pain I find, primarily down to attention deficit more than anything.
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    Last edited by Kaurhz; 08-08-2017 at 02:45 PM.