Red Mage could use some help.

[EllieShadeflare]

100% this. RDM is probably the least balanced job right now. it does less than Bard DPS, brings less utility than Bard and Summoner, and has less effective mobility than Summoner as well. Summoner does what RedMage does several times better. the only thing a RedMage has over Summoner is quick raises and even that is lackluster considering RedMage's piss poor mana regen.

They need to buff Red Mage's DPS/Utility by a considerable margin and Nerf Summoner overall quite a bit to even them out.
Summoner should never have been allowed to have so much in their kit while remaining so powerful. it literally just breaks the existing casters.

And to all of the people that are going to argue for RedMage's raises being good for prog. That doesn't justify the job being outclassed by every single DPS in the game in every other category.

Here's some visuals if you don't believe me.
https://www.fflogs.com/statistics/17#dataset=90

This post basically shows why the "But muh progs" argument is not a good point for keeping RDM dps and non-rez utility low.

Because what happens when we are beyond the "let's see what this boss has to offer" phase, and finding our DPS isn't capable of passing the checks? You'll need to switch, and while SOME Red Mages have managed to actually parse decently, RDM is still the most fundamentally broken class in the game, and not in the "PLZ NERF" way.

And here's my thing: I LOVE how Red Mage plays. I HATE that it's so useless right now, and would hinder me harder than playing Black Mage (especially with incoming buffs to BLM).

And the sad thing is, it's not all that hard to boost Red Mage to an acceptable level. A 20-50 potency boost to all spells or a boost to our GCDs and Enchanted Melee attacks and definitely a buff to Embolden, and not locking it to only melee classes and ourselves benefiting from it.