Red Mage: Potential adjustments

[Shurrikhan]

It also looks like an easy place to squeeze a little more power without causing too much trouble.

Just a quick note: if power is the primary concern, any tuning knob would do, so long as it comes from 82-90. RDM is already quite strong at 80 (or, for that matter, below), outpacing SMN for rDPS despite having perhaps higher potential utility and (arguably) ease of play.

Honestly?

Because in POTD I never, EVER get my full combo out until bosses... and I'd love to be a bit more powerful.

I feel like that's a decently fair concern, even if PotD isn't exactly "mainstay" content.

That being said, are there any other solutions to that issue you can imagine that you might find satisfying?

For my part, for instance, I feel like I'd like to be better able to leverage partial combos, better reach enemies to continue chaining attacks, and more quickly reach a full, or at least effective, combo (such as through a lower %gauge requirement).