Disembowel: Please Fix this Mess

[Remedi]

Personally i consider Brd to bee too good, but not really OP or asking him to get nerfed, actually I'd rather have the game make other choices more attractive. Even encounters design should be used to impact meta, some jobs should have "THAT thing" that makes them shine, that something that could make you say "Dude, if I had come as a SAM/BLM we could have killed this so much faster". I know it's hard to make it happen, but frankly i'd rather SE takes their time to add layers to the combat, I'd rather not repeat what happened on wow with them removing all buffs to the point only your pdps matter (and some gimmick like Warlock gates). It make the game boring in my opinion

[Wayfinder3]

Personally i consider Brd to bee too good, but not really OP or asking him to get nerfed, actually I'd rather have the game make other choices more attractive. Even encounters design should be used to impact meta, some jobs should have "THAT thing" that makes them shine, that something that could make you say "Dude, if I had come as a SAM/BLM we could have killed this so much faster". I know it's hard to make it happen, but frankly i'd rather SE takes their time to add layers to the combat, I'd rather not repeat what happened on wow with them removing all buffs to the point only your pdps matter (and some gimmick like Warlock gates). It make the game boring in my opinion

I agree, i think your philosophy would work if we had a support role and lowered the dps ceiling of jobs that are classified as such but raised the utility as compensation. RDM/BRD/NIN would all fair better if they we're apart of this sub category

[Remedi]

I think that the 2% crit buff does work on healing I don't see why it shouldn't actually, unless it's a wording I always overlooked

[Kabooa]

I think that the 2% crit buff does work on healing I don't see why it shouldn't actually, unless it's a wording I always overlooked

It should, but crit healing is kind of overlooked. Beyond Adlo fishing, you shouldn't rely on criticals to heal someone, nor do you need it.

[Nemekh]

I think that the 2% crit buff does work on healing I don't see why it shouldn't actually, unless it's a wording I always overlooked

It does. Easiest and quickest method to verify is the HoT test.

[Remedi]

Ye, was just commenting on the possibility of it not having an interaction with heals

[HyperiusUltima]

Ye, was just commenting on the possibility of it not having an interaction with heals

Only real application is TBs or when you know your SCH is going to Deploy.

[NoctusT]

IIRC 3 out of the top 10 groups run SMN which is nice, hope it gets some love. But yeah this double ranged stuff has been around for too long. I hope this thread gets more attention.

That said, RDM is already THE prog caster so I don't see why you'd want to buff the damage. It's rezzes are really strong.

[HyoMinPark]

That said, RDM is already THE prog caster so I don't see why you'd want to buff the damage. It's rezzes are really strong.

Your statement answered your question—RDM is useful for prog, but beyond that, it serves no use. If people aren’t dying, Verraise is a useless skill and a useless utility. Embolden is a ridiculously weak utility that doesn’t even benefit other casters, and RDM does less damage than an equally skilled BRD unless that BRD doesn’t have a DRG (and even then, BRD is really close to beating RDM). RDM’s utility is no where near BRD’s; the two are not remotely comparable, so why should RDM have lower utility AND personal damage?

[Bourne_Endeavor]

That said, RDM is already THE prog caster so I don't see why you'd want to buff the damage. It's rezzes are really strong.

Because once people stop dying, Red Mage is woefully weaker than any of its range counterparts. It cannot measure close to the damage Black Mage or Summoner offer and lacks the utility of Bard or Machinist. Basically, the better the group gets, the less valuable Red Mage becomes.