Shadowbringers RDM Wishlist

[Archwizard]

Something that they could do is, for button bloating purposes is add a trait to Corpse-a-Corpse. Trait "Phalanx?" A small throwback to FFXI and their Phalanx / Phalanx II.

Perhaps:
Corpse-a-corpse

• Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 130.
• Additional Effect: Phalanx
• Creates a barrier on self that absorbs damage totaling 25% of target's maximum HP.
• Duration: 30s
• Cannot be executed while bound.

Since we're throwing ourselves in the line of fire, the barrier could be useful.
It can also reset upon using Manafecation.

Ignoring the placeholder values, you realize that's an HP barrier every 40 seconds, right?

To be clear: Manaward for BLM is 30% HP for 20 sec every 2 minutes, with no damage. Earthen Armor for SMN is a 20% HP barrier that comes at a DPS loss. Corps-a-corps is free and part of our rotation.

Engagement has a potency loss? Yes, it's safer to use? Well, maybe give it an added bonus for that loss of DPS.

I think you misunderstand. Nobody's intent is for anything to "make up" for Engagement's potency loss, because Engagement already exists to "make up" for Displacement's risk factor.

What we want is for Engagement to not bloat the toolkit at all. For the devs to remove the band-aid fix on Displacement's innate issues and just address Displacement directly.

At any rate, and a point I'm sure you can get behind: I'd rather not have RDM's OSB be yet another rehash of Manaward, when it has so many unique opportunities of its own from its cross with WHM.