Quote Originally Posted by Archwizard View Post
Well luckily it was just an example. The point is, our hybridization allows us to accomplish things with Vercure that other healers wouldn't have any reason or ability to -- such as connecting it to damage output, to minimize our personal loss.
Simultaneously, while you emphasize content in which a RDM's healing is relevant, you ignore that the ideal scenario is for the resources the RDM expends on healing to equate or maximize resources saved for the healers to DPS, not overheal.
I think you need to understand that the only hybrid nature in FFXIV's red mage is the use of White and Black magic BUT it's still DPS. As Kalise said, the Trinity will never allow cross-role abilities to a significant level. Like Ninja has agro manipulation tools, yet it's not a tanking job nor will ever be.

If as you said you save resource for a healer to DPS, their DPS is still lower than what you sacrificed with a VerCure / VerMedica or else. Even if it would bring some DPS up for RDM in a way (generating Mana, or any buff), then you need to rework the whole 3 (potentially 4) healer balance: I don't see it happening for obvious practical reasons.

So let's keep VerCure for emergency/self-sustain, and let's focus on polishing RDM's DPS, utility and identity.