Quote Originally Posted by RadicalPesto View Post
"Red Mage is too easy to be allowed to be good" is a common talking point I see, which becomes silly when Red Mage needs to play at a higher skill level to achieve results comparable to those of a bad Black Mage, and few of the DPS jobs in Shadowbringers being actually hard.
I think the argument is that if a Red Mage and Black Mage had equal DPS at the most optimal level of play, that it would be unfair because Red Mage is way easier to play than BLM. Naturally, because RDM brings *some* DPS utility and is absurdly easy to play, it shouldn't be QUITE as strong as BLM, but being easy to play is no reason to leave a job in the dumpster.