Raise utility should have always been a healer identity, not a dps one. RDM is a dps, not a healer. If we're gonna say reasons to pick then I picked Red Mage because the resource management of the mana bars, cooldown mamagement and making sure they don't clip because of poorly used swiftcasts, planning for high mobility phases, and the aspect of being a spellblade are why I picked it. These aspects, especially how the melee bursts work, set it apart from both its peers as BLM and SMN have things that set them apart from each other; even without raise its disingenuous to say they're homogenous.

I picked a caster DPS when I picked RDM. I didn't choose it to rp as a healer without the actual responsibilities of a healer.