RDM the unwelcome DPS :(

[Wayfinder3]

I really feel like SE keeps forgetting about RDM. Back at SB release RDM was actually alright. Then RDM slowly started to fall behind as they kept buffing other classes but left RDM alone. Now we're in ShB and once again they keep neglecting the job's issues. The mana change in the savage patch was nice, but that was only one of the so many issues. I was really hoping they'd bring RDM up in the last liveletter, but my hopes were once again shattered.

Yep, this is exactly what happened. We are probably the most overlooked job as far as what we got this expansion, our damage, and strife. It's very hard for RDM's to speak up for what we have problems with because the other jobs dangle verraise in our face without truly understanding the value and disparity that RDM has between all other jobs. I promise that nobody can accurately tell you how much dps that Verraise is equivalent to but it's certainly not the 1000+ between RDM and BLM. The job is essentially being swallowed by the radiance of SMN in SB or now the torrent of BLM's raw damage to a point that verraise is the ONLY leg we have to stand on and, playing a job who's entire reward comes from picking up those who've made mistakes. Sadly, no fflogs is going to show this contribution fondly and your teammates are too busy cursing their own folly to extend gratitude. RDM is truly the job that works hard to contribute and it always falls on deaf ears. "Helpless in our cries"