Suggestion for: RDM improvements

[Kejara]

I'd love for them just to add some DoTs at the end of certain Ver damaging skills. One of the things I hate most about Red Mage and that is unique to Red Mage is that if you aren't casting you are doing literally 0 damage. Most jobs have some kind of DoT damage that keeps some source of damage on the boss when they cannot keep their GCD rolling.

[Siete]

I'd love for them just to add some DoTs at the end of certain Ver damaging skills. One of the things I hate most about Red Mage and that is unique to Red Mage is that if you aren't casting you are doing literally 0 damage. Most jobs have some kind of DoT damage that keeps some source of damage on the boss when they cannot keep their GCD rolling.

Part of the reasons I like Redmage is the presence of no dots

[Kejara]

Part of the reasons I like Redmage is the presence of no dots

To each their own. It wouldn't hurt to add burning after fire, etc. It's not much more exciting then just raw potency increases to DD spells but it's something. I'm not talking about a DoT button that you push and have to maintain like Bard which has two. No caster is more screwed by movement than Red Mage currently. Red Mage doesn't have mobility on demand like BLM does. Sometimes you get forced to move and waste a GCD or you have to use Reprise which is awful. I'm not sure why you enjoy doing absolutely zero damage when you cannot cast, don't have dual-cast or swiftcast up, and don't have enough time to squeeze a slide cast off. BLM can hit for 100k, twice, when forced to move. Not to mention a plethora of other ways to deal with forced movement on demand.