Praise for RDM design

[Gruntler]

claiming an equivalent of Cure II has some raid saving capabilities.

Currection. It's the equivalent of a scuffed Physick. Nothing that takes two gcds is equivalent to a Cure II.

I'm definitely not seeing how Manaward on Black Mage comes remotely close to either class in usefulness.

It's easy to dismiss Manawall when comparing to every job that happens to have a personal defensive cooldown, like Bloodbath or Second Wind or Shining Aegis.

The comparison here though is with RDM, which is the only dps in the game without a personal defensive cooldown of any sort. This makes them the squishiest dps in the game and on some fights they require a biiiit extra from a healer. Sometimes a RDM just dies because the healer didn't take this into account.