Red Mage could use some help.

[Dualgunner]

If you don't want a job with defensive utility in a raise then why are you playing red mage? You're just being salty and only proving a point to yourself with your comments. That's not how you have a productive conversation.

Because I like the aesthetic of the job. If I wanted a job with high defensive utility, why wouldn't I be a tank? If I wanted a job with high restorative capability, why wouldn't I play healer?

I love the archetype of slinging spells alongside swordplay. At the moment, RDM is the only job that provides that.

EDIT: And yes, I feel justified in my salt that my job has become the equivalent of training wheels as far as balance is concerned. Used to learn, then dropped in favor of stronger jobs once the learning's done.