Thought about RDM's utility

[Zyneste]

That's the excuse that everyone (including the Devs) throw out, but If we want RDM's utility to be a limiter on it's personal DPS, then we need to stop being afraid of its utility.
Verraise and Vercure need to be pre-50 skills.
Embolden needs to affect ALL damage.
Dump Emgagement and replace it with a party shield.
For a DPS boost, give them Enfire and Stonespike, treat them similar to DNC's Dance partner. Problem solved.

They should move Engagement to 40 and leave Vercure and Verraise alone. If they want to give us more defensive utility we should get it at 72. We are late bloomers in that respect. I'd happily take a single target ogcd heal like a buffed erase or for Vercure to get a GCD rebate on a cool down.

[Drayos]

They should move Engagement to 40 and leave Vercure and Verraise alone. If they want to give us more defensive utility we should get it at 72. We are late bloomers in that respect. I'd happily take a single target ogcd heal like a buffed erase or for Vercure to get a GCD rebate on a cool down.

tbh, no use having Defensive Utility if ur jobs going to be Rejected from All content Players have any control over. RDMs arent welcome in PFs and as far as i can tell from statics Most Playing RDM Swap to another Caster once they've reached Enraged state to clear on a Faster DPSer.

This game Doesnt support a Concept of a Defensive Utility Support job. to make that sorta Role Mandatory they'd have to nerf healers to require additional Presence, which they wont do because would make RDM a mandatory part of Meta if healers couldnt physically Do their Jobs without Support. Defensive Utility being balanced against Offensive Support in a game which is limited in actually needing the role to begin with will keep RDM forever in its ProgMage Meme State.

Verraise Needs Nerfing down, Its only useful til enrage, once ur team learn fights they stop dying, this runs in DF and PF its Not a Nessicity past the first few tries and its obsilete. Just limit it to a 2 Charge 30 Second CD. being able to Instantly Double Rezz is still a Strength but with a More restricting factor over it, its Use will become less Contraversal.

Theres no reason to balance DPS with Vercure, Its Litterally Taxing in itself, if we are to use Vercure to heal someone we instantly lose 260 Potency. Which is a DPS hit in itself, it wont perform the numbers if its Using its Dual Cast on this Support to begin with.

buff its Potencies, i dont expect a 2700 leap in DPS, but atleast restore us to being 1100 Behind BLM, this was where we were in Stormblood and THere was Never a issue of "RDMS replacing BLM" at most u saw BLMs using RDM during progression nights.. which is still happening, this hasnt fixed that concept, the difference is those who want to roll RDM are Now forced out their Jobs because the only thing u've Stripped is its Capabilities in Farm Raids.

[Zyneste]

tbh, no use having Defensive Utility if ur jobs going to be Rejected from All content Players have any control over. RDMs arent welcome in PFs and as far as i can tell from statics Most Playing RDM Swap to another Caster once they've reached Enraged state to clear on a Faster DPSer.

I already addressed that. All role members should be similar or within reason in Damage output and share the same core defensive utility. Any extra utility needs to be good enough to use, but not so good as to threaten the raid presence of the other same role members. The role party bonus should be what clenches parties having a standard comp.

Balance RDPS vs PDPS. Then Balance Defensive utility across the role. Let the role bonus sort out parties to the standard comp.

[Valavaern]

They should move Engagement to 40 and leave Vercure and Verraise alone.

They should move Engagement to the dumpster; it's only needed because of bad Displacement is. I will never support RDM getting it's raise 52 levels after SMN. If such a big deal is made of Vercure and Verraise being why our personal DPS is so low, then we shouldn't have to wait that long to get them.

If they want to give us more defensive utility we should get it at 72. We are late bloomers in that respect. I'd happily take a single target ogcd heal like a buffed erase or for Vercure to get a GCD rebate on a cool down.

I think 72 would be a good time for something like Verprotect, or Reflect. SMN is pumping out Phoenix-medica every 2ish minutes, and it's a little annoying how much they get in on our utility racket, without paying any of the personal DPS tax~