Based. FFXIV version is kinda boring to play once you figure it out but at least it's a reliable class to carry PFs.
10/10 aesthetics as well, I like playing spell fencer type classes in games
>>718817731 (OP)
When you're immature and your tastes are undeveloped, you'll think a class that can do everything is cool. When you're older and more refined, you'll understand that because it can do everything, it can't do anything exceptional, and thus it's just two gimped classes.
>>718819323
It's good at one thing, though: speed. Its gimmick is being fast. Fast attacks, fast movement, fast spells. The attacks and spells aren't particularly strong but there sure are a lot of them, hence its main feature often being Double Cast. It's good at both burst damage and burst healing. If you need magic and fast, you get a Red Mage.
>>718819323 >>718819486
There’s never any case where you’d need to be “exceptional” at a hyper-specific specialization. Fluidity and versatility will always trump one-note skillsets, especially in areas where being “the best healer” or “the best nuker” is superfluous because you’re only getting a negligible benefit over the next best guy on the team.
>>718817731 (OP) >Bad WHM or bad BLM along with melee capabilities so weak you may as well not swing a weapon, make your choice
Explain to me how SCH isn't just a conceptually better RDM when they are mages that can switch between WHM and BLM mode
>>718820756
In most games you use it for applying buffs quickly with doublecast, or rezzing+healing a party member in one turn.
If you're talking about FFXIV, because SMN is boring as fuck to play and does even shittier damage.
>>718820756
red mage is: >alright for 1 but peters out and becomes a temper bot >useless in 3 >is a subjob for any caster for 5 >is a subjob for summoners in FFTA >is a status specialist in 11 >is a standard caster in 14
>>718820967 >boring as fuck
Maybe now. Double weaving dots and damage with a pocket insta-rez and short term tanking was fun and versatile and led to insanely clutch moments if you could pull miracles off properly
>>718821002
XI RDM is too broad to put under a single role. Their SJ choice affected their role dramatically more than almost any other job in the game >Tank >Control >Zerg >Healer >Nuker >Melee
Were all viable options for them. Also Convert was one Hell of a drug that let them do all of this, kind of a shame it didn't become a staple ability for them
>>718817731 (OP)
When I play RDM I have the 2B pants for glam, combined with a long red coat. Most of the time it just looks like a rugged adventuring setup with boots. During the one attack when you do a backflip though, you can see the panties.
>>718820135
The coolest part of FFV was making a Red/Blue Mage and having both the versatility of Red and the niche application of Blue.
My only qualm is not being able to dualcast Blue Magic. If I could do that, it'd be perfect.
>>718819486
It's a bell curve scenario and you're still stuck in the middle. >dumbasses just want to be able to do everything >midwits try to hyperoptimize even though it's unnecessary because they heard it was 'meta' >smart people know they will win anyway regardless of what they choose
>>718817731 (OP)
I respect them probably the most out of any of the caster DPS options. Nobody plays them, they're undertuned as fuck, limited glamour options, etc...
