RDM First Impressions (and perhaps advice) Thread

[Maeka]

So... I'd like to ask... what Role Actions am I supposed to take?

Swiftcast is a no-brainer, obviously.

But otherwise, I'm looking at the list.... MP does not appear to be an issue, and if RDM damage falls off at higher levels, Lucid doesn't really seem like anything I'd be needing.

I thought of maybe taking Erase, I guess? But I wonder how often I'd actually use it.

The other choices just seem so... lack-luster. There's Mana Shift, and while MP isn't an issue, I don't know about handing lots of it off to other people is a good idea either, it's not like I'm a BLM that has infinite MP.

What I would love to get is Second Wind, but no of course we can't have THAT, lol.

[NewAgeDoom]

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On the contrary, Lucid is kind of mandatory, both from a threat perspective, and a mana regeneration point of view. All of your aggro generation is frontloaded, and Red Mage is the only caster without any sort of fast way to say "I WANT MANA NOW".

Diversion is for similar reasons as Lucid, but that's good for DPS in general.

Swiftcast people have already covered.

It can be situationally useful, but I've come to get a LOT of mileage out of Surecast, for potential cheesing of mechanics.