RDM: Does it get fun at 70?

[Zeldert-Castiel]

I know that this is a pretty old thread, but I'd like to give my answer

The job quest and the job itself isn't that fun compared to SAM and WHM (jobs I took so far) but it's convenient if you ever need to work alone and no healers nearby can help.

And no, I won't call RDM great or godly but it's really convenient.

[Luminiari]

Might as well piggyback on the necro :/

I'm personally having a whale of a time at lv 70, but I think it's moreso because my FC has a lot of people who are only really just starting out, so I'm a versatile ally to them. Also I'm able to solo Deep Dungeon now that my Aetherpool stats are in the 90's.

I'm a pretty casual player though, so that might be why I enjoy it so much.

[Braneric]

RDM has a pretty easy rotation, the ability to serve as a backup healer/emergency rezbot (I've had to main heal a dungeon boss when the healer went down and it was pre-Verraise levels), and mobility that BLMs and SMNs can only dream of. That said there is basically zero depth to the class, it needs an animation overhaul (I personally like the Verholy animation but Verflare definitely needs work) and has some skills that just aren't that interesting.

[Lelila38]

Recently Redmage is mostly Rezmage in higher content.
It's picked for progression cause of its op raise ability, but once a group can clear, they don't need that anymore. Rdm dps is pretty low (it should be though considering all the utility its got,could still be just a tad higher) so they get replaced once chain raises are no longer beneficial.

[PrismaticDaybreak]

RDM has a pretty easy rotation, the ability to serve as a backup healer/emergency rezbot (I've had to main heal a dungeon boss when the healer went down and it was pre-Verraise levels), and mobility that BLMs and SMNs can only dream of. That said there is basically zero depth to the class, it needs an animation overhaul (I personally like the Verholy animation but Verflare definitely needs work) and has some skills that just aren't that interesting.

SMN actually has the highest and least penalized mobility as of 4.1

[MercuryAcetylene]

as long as you remember to cast veraise if your healer dies...

[Avatre]

as long as you remember to cast veraise if your healer dies...

Healers need to adjust. Or the RDM just needs to have some sort of macro for that...and yes, I do have one of those macros(just made last night though).

As for whether it gets fun or not, that is up to your definition of fun. Some people find it fun to watch twitch streams, I personally find those so boring I would rather watch grass grow. I do enjoy my RDM, but I also find some of the other classes(DRK, NIN, AST, and DRG primarily) to be fun as well.

[matthatter56]

Healers need to adjust. Or the RDM just needs to have some sort of macro for that...and yes, I do have one of those macros(just made last night though).

As for whether it gets fun or not, that is up to your definition of fun

The sooner people on the internet and heck people in general learn this simple rule the better. And let me say that I am proud to see that people on this form seem to get this concept. Even ones that don't agree with OP seem to get it and I can't tell you how much that restores my faith in the human race.

As to the actual topic I bought the Stormblood and Resubed just for a RDM and am currently working to level up enough to be able to unlock it. I think it looks like a fun class.

I think it will be the perfect balance to the Ninja class. Ninja sounds complex and I don't mind that but it will be nice to balance the complex class out with a simple class .

[Neela]

The sooner people on the internet and heck people in general learn this simple rule the better. And let me say that I am proud to see that people on this form seem to get this concept. Even ones that don't agree with OP seem to get it and I can't tell you how much that restores my faith in the human race.

discussions about endgame will be very disgusting for you tho... im on your side as well everybody defines his own fun and should play the cls he/she enjoys the most. Actually as far as people step to endgame content this "simple rule" is hardly attacked by dps/utility statistics and world firsts meta-comps -> f.e kicking RDMs waaaaay out of the window after progression/training... or locking out certain cls' in pf in general etc. Never understood that as well but sadly the truth with every major update... : /

so keep that simple rule as long as you can : 3

[popotaro]

Well.. Since my thread got raised from death lol I gave up on RDM long ago ^^ I'm playing SMN atm while lvling AST (which is tons of fun)

Thanks for the replies ^^