RDM Changes

[WawaMaxHeightLala]

Haven't logged since patch dropped since I've been working but my heart sunk seeing manafication has been totally changed to make melee combo no longer a melee combo. In a time where there is a lot of growing feeling of jobs feeling "same-y" this seems like a huge step in the wrong direction to make RDM fit into this as well. The gimmick of needing to start our most powerful spells my maintaining melee uptime for 5 SECONDS is the sole hurdle to overcome. Some EX amd Savage mechs challenge this but changing how the skill works in this way removes the fun challenge that happened on occasion.

I'm glad the melee requirement isnt gone wholesale from the job but feeling pretty cynical about 8.0 job reworks if this is the direction the job is going for the last raid tier until that rework.

I sincerely hope SE considers that these small job identity components make jobs feel special and when they erode it doesnt make the game more fun because it got easier. I want to be challenged.

[Carighan]

What is extra annoying about this cheap cop-out for a fight that is no longer even relevant is that they didn't even give it a ranged animation. Like, you could have at least done that, Square!

[Valence]

Don't worry with a little luck they'll come up in apologies and say that when people said "buff RDM damage" they understood "buff RDM's range" like that time they did that with Iajutsu on SAM...

[AlexLouw]

I am EXTREMELY disappointed by these RDM changes. As someone that has taken RDM to TOP DSR and TEA(Not FRU since my static wanted busted Picto) trying to keep melee uptime was the most fun part, especially in the 2 min buff window. Dunno I returned since its been a while but after I found this out I think im likely to leave again.

[Carighan]

I'd honestly rather have them seen reclassify RDM as melee DPS instead of this, tbh.

[WawaMaxHeightLala]

What is extra annoying about this cheap cop-out for a fight that is no longer even relevant is that they didn't even give it a ranged animation. Like, you could have at least done that, Square!

I said it in another thread too something similar, like either make manafication create a phantom version of our character that can be in melee range executing our attacks to maintain some degree of job identity (although I still stand by removing melee requirement is a mistake I just assume SE is committed to this decision because they want to commit to this form of fight design)

[Rithy255]

I'd honestly rather have them seen reclassify RDM as melee DPS instead of this, tbh.

I wish it was a melee dps that functions similar to Paladin in that it would have a lot of ranged magic attacks, it being a magic ranged means you'll always hardly ever be using your sword.

At the very least i would love melee to be a big part of the job if not burst it could be a part of the filler rotation where melee will do slightly more mixed in with some magic attacks but isn't a massive loss if you stay full ranged, so it could function in all fights but the optimisation would be even more about your melee.

Theirs genuinely so much they can do with red mage to make it feel like it uses both melee and magic but they just keep adding random finishers and not actually addressing the job.

[Valence]

Don't worry next patch they'll give ranged attacks to every tanks because PLD has those already.

[Carighan]

Don't worry next patch they'll give ranged attacks to every tanks because PLD has those already.

Dark Knight throwing their sword Braveheart style?

[Valence]

Dark Knight throwing their sword Braveheart style?

No, DRK just performing the Torcleaver combo in the air at 25y from the target.