Red Mage Opener confusion

[Rongway]

As a Red Mage under Level 70, is there a reason not to go with something like: Embolden > Contre Sixte > Fleche > Swiftcast > Acceleration > VerAero > VerStone > VerThunder > VerFire > VerAero > VerStone > Manafication > Corps-a-Corps > Melee trio > Displacement for an opening?

(Additional side note: You absolutely must cast at least 8 spells before you can Manafication>Combo, so it's only possible to do the quoted bit if you're in a dungeon and have leftover mana from a trash pull.)


Each oGCD takes about 0.7s~0.75s (except Displacement, which takes noticeably longer). Each instant Spell also takes 0.7s. This means that in the span of one 2.35s~2.45s GCD, you have time to cast an instant spell and use two oGCDs (as long as neither is Displacement) without delaying your next GCD. This is why you don't want to use any more than two oGCDs at a time. If you use those five oGCDs at the beginning, you're effectively losing spells that you could have cast for lots of damage, because in the same amount of time that it takes to do

(oGCD1+oGCD2+oGCD3)
(oGCD4+oGCD5)
Spell
Spell+Spell

you could have done

(oGCD1)
Spell+Spell (oGCD2+oGCD3)
Spell+Spell (oGCD4+oGCD5)



I would recommend practicing this opener, which is a potion-less modification of one of the Balance RDM openers:

10s before pull: (Acceleration)
5s before pull: start casting Veraero
(Veraero finishes)+Verthunder (Fleche+ContreSixte) *** run up to the mob during the instant Verthunder so you can Displace after the next Dualcast
Verstone+Veraero (Displacement)
Verfire+Verthunder (Corps-a-corps+Embolden) *** Embolden boosts party members better here. Use later if being selfish
Verstone+Verthunder (Manafication+Corps-a-corps)
begin Enchanted combo

If rushed pull with no precast time:

(Acceleration)
Jolt+Veraero (Fleche+ContreSixte) *** run up to the mob during the instant spell so you can Displace after the next Dualcast
Verstone+Verthunder (Displacement)
Verfire+Veraero (Corps-a-Corps+Embolden)
Verstone+Verthunder
>>>Proc) Verfire+Veraero
>>>NoProc) (Swiftcast)Verthunder
(Manafication+Corps-a-Corps)
begin Enchanted combo