RDM: Does it get fun at 70?

[Tzain]

After hitting 66 I wanted to ask something about Red Mage and this seems one of the few Red Mage threads I could see that are active.
Am I the only one who feels that 'Impact' is a (no offense meant) waste of an ability?
The potency is only a touch above Jolt II.
It's available 50% of the time as a replacement to a spell that is the lowest priority to be cast (if verfire or verstone is up they are the better choice by a mile).
It requires using up a skill slot and learning new muscle memory for something that you cast (napkin math) 12% of the time if you're unlucky.
It's overly flashy with a particle effect that is way more intrusive than it has to be.
I admit, I'm a bad Red Mage and just dropped it off my bar. I would actually have preferred an extra role slot to this thing and I barely remember to use the role slots. I'm more likely to use Tether, and yes, I know I just reminded most of you that Tether was an ability in the first place (joking)

Side note: I think I'm going to start using Tether to annoy FC tanks when they try to to big pull.

[Krisom]

Am I the only one who feels that 'Impact' is a (no offense meant) waste of an ability?
The potency is only a touch above Jolt II.

No, you're not going to offend anyone and anyone who gets offended by that are not worth the time.

It's basically Jolt III after your every Jolt II.

Basically use this

/macroicon "Jolt"
/ac "Impact"
/ac "Jolt"

And forget about it.
Throw Impact on a non-bind bar for visibility but you can often than not ignore it.

Edit:


/macroicon "Jolt"
/merror off
/ac "Impact"
/ac "Jolt"

Iirc this will also remove the error associated with trying to cast something that isn't available to you atm.