RDM Balance Whack idea

[Rithy255]

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.

If they function the same and bring the same utility/damage, It's pretty Homogenous at that point, I find melee DPS are because they're just different job flavours at this point, Likely tanks as well.
I mean sure people do pick it other then raise, but I don't get why we need to remove the raise aspect for such a non issue?

Would it matter if RDM and SMN as a bit behind Black Mage, as long as the enrage checks aren't hard? At that point I really don't think so, people are hard focusing on just making jobs have the same raw numbers like if RDM did a bit less the BLM it would make a difference?

Sure 10% is too much for a "raise tax" I agree with that, but at the same time why remove raise? Why not just buff red mages damage but also make sure it's not behind too much, at this point I just think people are upset that their job isn't doing the top damage, not that they just want a simple buff which makes more sense to argue.

I'm pretty sure this is why the devs changed the enrage, because they don't want a situation where people force you to a different job, I won't say I agree with the state of casters and phys ranged, but I can agree with the idea that damage checks should be there but not extremely punishing to the point of bringing a job with slightly worse DPS will hinder the team.

I guess I just like the idea of Casters having different niches, at this point I just don't really want to see every job be exactly the same. I don't think ver-raise is useless, frankly it's useful in a lot of situations, but I can see why RDM players are frustrated, I don't think RDM needs to do BLM damage in order for it to be "Viable". But Removing raise would help make balance easier so who knows it will be implemented if people complain about it more. It seems most changes is now to make things easier to balance, this is such a non issue it's not even about red mage being too low right now at this point, it's because Red mage doesn't do black mage damage it's because if it's not "my" job people will complain even if RDM was 1-2% off BLM and worked perfectly fine people would still complain.