You’d be right if BLM wasn’t the most mobile caster in this game as they have the most tools to handle mechanics and not lose dps. RDM also has issues using its burst windows in line with other jobs which I mentioned. In fights with lots of downtime, RDM mana generation causes the entire rotation get misaligned since we have no meaningful way to dump mana without being in specific BW mana ranges. The job has actual problems that may not be as blatant as other job, but they’re very annoying to players that like playing it. RDMs have always asked for a good way to control our mana and we’ve yet to get it
Also my problem isn’t that BLM does more damage, it’s that it does way too much more damage. If you think verraise is equal 1600 rdps, you’re out of your mind
Verraise and learning mechanics faster isn't worth 1600 dps but i'll humor you. Explain to me why RDM falls off as early as enrage runs because it's damage is that much lower than BLM. if you look at Titan savage kills, their are 1617 BLM kills(41%), 1523 SMN kills(39%), and 776 RDM kills(20%) recorded on fflogs. Thats ridiculous for what is essentially the jobs entire purpose by your words. Im aware some players may switch off RDM because of it's low damage to BLM or SMN but that means nothing to me for multiple reasons. first, that information isn't available to us, and second there is no justifiable reason why the prog caster has less than half the estimated BLM kills and nearly half of SMN, one of which is NOT a prog caster by any stretch. something is wrong here
Overall Statistic split: 61,339
BLM 23,443 (38%)
SMN 21,205 (35%)
RDM 16,691 (27%)
Titan Savage Caster Total: 3916
BLM 1617 (41%) SMN 1523(39%) RDM 776 (20%)
Leviathan Savage Caster Total: 11017
BLM 4084 (37%) SMN 4110(37%) RDM 2823 (26%)
Voidewalker Savage Caster Total: 19119
BLM 7367(39%) SMN 6616(35%) RDM 5136 (27%)
Eden Prime Savage Caster Total: 27287
BLM 10,375(38%) SMN 8956(33%) RDM 7956 (29%)
While not too far apart from each other like the Melee, Casters still show a consistent slope away from red mage during the 3rd week of a tier when MANY raiders are still progging, this issue gets further the higher you go as Titan has BLM at 41% despite RDM being at 20% and the supposedly superior prog pick. To me, this seems wrong as progression is the sole purpose of RDM, At least by the communities standard and; the prog caster shouldn't be falling off the harder the content gets before clears. it shouldn't be falling off in general.


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