Thread: Red Mage Skills in 5.0 [Fun Suggestions]

Originally Posted by Sylvain

I understood that, what I meant was "what does it actually bring to the job?". Getting new spells is something core of the expansion, it's about feeling more powerful, progression. When you leveled your BLM to 60 and got FireIV, you felt the change, when your SMN got Dreadwyrm Stance, the first mega laser you shot was like "boom yassss!". Same for 70 with Foul (for me at least) and Demi Bahamut.

When I look at your spells, they just feel like fillers. (Like, the useful trash we get inbetween, like Acceleration) The cureII is the one I'm the most excited about.

They remotely change how you play and I'm actually looking forward a deeper gameplay and new mechanic for 80. Not the exact same RDM with 2 differences (and I prefer current Holy/Flare anyway)
Not "that". It feels like MNK who got almost nothing new in 2 xpac.

Not every spell, every expac can be more powerful than the last without consequence. Look at Ruin III and Ruin IV. If every expac upgrade had a new foul for every class, that wouldnt be very interesting either. The "old" foul would get nerfed and the new one would just replace it. Flare and Holy know that well. Good classes get new synergies that make their toolkits shine in a different light. Equipoise, being able to convert stored procs into Fleche level burst, while cashing in all of those procs AND getting a new proc that compliments your current mana balance is a VER-Y powerful and synergistic skill. Verbatim, being able to do Verholy/Flare which are locked behind an 80 mana cast melee combo at a free and instant speed is very powerful in its own right. VerHoly! VerHoly! Also being able to make use of its flexibility for the standard part of your rotation/utility to ease your MP burden is amazing to me.