Quote Originally Posted by Kabooa View Post
I have been giving this some thought.

Would fixing some of Red Mage's (and others) playability issues result in enough positive gain?

There seems to be a common thread that the jobs are facing some heavy alignment issues that prior could be justified with the fabled 120s alignment burst windows. My words, no one elses, but that's the conspiracy diagram I'm working on.

You have mentioned this for Red Mage, some have mentioned it for Bard, Ninja is a cavalcade of issues, so on and so forth.

For example, I know you mentioned that Melee windows are unreliable for the Red Mage and another has mentioned Embolden doesn't line up well. Do you think this following list would result in satisfactory positive results:

1. Mana Gauge extended to 160
2. Manafication is +50/+50 instead of 'doubles current'
3. Embolden is 10s of +10%, 60s cooldown, 2 charges. [This one being a straight numerical buff]
appreciate the attempt at compromise however this is alot more difficult to discuss and idk if those adjustments might be the way. What i do know, is that RDM and SMN would just need to have their overall contribution increased to warrant the gap between them and BLM. (RDM more so than SMN) QoL can take the form as full on buffs and some of what you're suggesting cross that line. Keep in mind, the idea isn't that BLM shouldn't be a heavy hitter and doesn't deserve it's place in high optimization, the problem is that BLM is just curb stomping RDM and bullying SMN so much, it's bleeding into the areas where they are supposed to be better. SMN already heavily invalidates RDM do to offering a bastardized version of it's primary utility, while filling it's short comings enough for players to prefer it progression and clears.

Tl;dr BLM just needs to share niches, it can't be a viable option in prog if thats RDMs only niche because SMN challenges RDM on that front. The same holds true for RDM, RDM can't be a viable option for high optimization groups because thats BLM niche and SMN already challenges it on that front. currently, RDM is playing by those rules and isn't seeing any success in high speed optimization where as BLM is being a bit greedy and dominating RDM in recorded progression runs. This is the core problem right now that BLM faced prior to their buffs in SB, and RDM faced until the same point in patch 4,4