Which would you recommend: Smn or Rdm?

[Wintersandman]

Go BLM. Those Fire IV's.

[jackass1203]

Ninja!.... jk I can't stand playing a ninja and I dunno why.

I enjoy playing both but if you want something a bit more complex I'd say summoner. Red mage is good for when you're doing progression as you can clutch raise everyone. If you have confidence in your group I'd say go summoner. (So glad I can shrink Bahamut now)

[wereotter]

I like playing all three, but generally my approach goes like this:

Early into content, I play Red Mage. It's ease of play, and relative mobility means I can focus more on the fight than on my rotation, as well as I have the ability to Vercure myself and offer raises to help a team recover. I started my runs through Rabanastre on this job for that reason.

Once I'm comfortable with a fight, I'll start playing Summoner. It's still got a mobility, but not as much as Red Mage, and it's rotation is a bit more of a challenge to play. I do still have the ability to throw out raises if need be, so in the Rabanastre example, it's good once I know the fights, and the majority of people know them as well, but maybe we still need a little help.

Then once I've mastered a fight and the utility skills aren't as needed, I'll go with Black Mage. With it's basically turret status and lack of utility, it can be a bit harder to play, but the damage output is massive, and I personally enjoy the job a lot.

[jackass1203]

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Is BLM that much higher in dps than SMN though? From what I've heard SMN is beating BLM quite a bit.

[wereotter]

Is BLM that much higher in dps than SMN though? From what I've heard SMN is beating BLM quite a bit.

For single target, I think BLM is still higher than SMN. Even if not, I personally enjoy BLM more than SMN, but would want to understand a fight really well before going in as that job in order to make sure I can put out the amount of damage I ought to for my role.

[ShaolinMike]

For single target, I think BLM is still higher than SMN. Even if not, I personally enjoy BLM more than SMN, but would want to understand a fight really well before going in as that job in order to make sure I can put out the amount of damage I ought to for my role.

SMN is king mage at the moment for DPS

[Neela]

SMN is king mage at the moment for DPS

Not just dps king they even beat Rdms in mobility. Hard.
Actually since 4.1 we are the Astros of the mages. True.