Quote Originally Posted by Maero View Post
To each their own i guess, if you like Red Mage as it is that's great but many have asked for water based spells to be added.
We could at least agree that mana is by far the biggest issue with Red Mage atm
Now you're putting words in my mouth. I don't disagree with adding water spells to RDM, I simply disagree with your reasoning that we "need" water magic for its own sake. That type of diversity is aesthetic, not functional; we would all rather gain an unaspected or reused-aspect spell that adds to our kit and rotation, than a water spell that adds nothing.

As for MP, it may not necessarily be the single biggest issue, though it is among them. Right now I would say our biggest issues are somewhere between that, our excessively low potency in spite of the weakening of our Verraise utility, and the fact we gained two skills this expansion that we're intended to avoid whenever possible, with Reprise not even being worth its GCD much less its Mana cost.