Quote Originally Posted by Wayfinder3 View Post
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"
I think a lot of people just plum don't understand Red Mage, which is ironic because so many look at it and dismiss it as nothing more than a builder and spender job. I've heard so many times in so many ways it deserves to be so low because it has verraise and it's easy.

How many understand the nuances of the 110s rotation vs the 120s rotation? How many understand where one is superior, and how best to weave between them? How many can reliably switch to the perfect proc opener on command, versus the 5-8 opener?

Let's go simpler. How many fully grasp the nature of RDM having no DoTs and the implications thereof? When we verraise, our dpsps (damage per second per second) drops to 0. When we vercure while an enemy is out, our dpsps drops to 0. To cast a nondamaging spell costs between 305-422 potency.