RDM Job Manifesto

Greetings red mages!

Thanks for all of your feedback and sorry to keep you waiting! Here are a handful of responses we got from the development team in regards to your questions and requests.



As was stated in the preface of the job adjustments concept, the core concept of these adjustments is to make each job useful in HNM fights as well as other battle-related content. That said, we mentioned that the job adjustments will focus on party structuring, but that doesn’t mean that we will not be looking into the sword-wielding proficiency of red mages. We are actually planning adjustments to red mage’s proficiencies in the upcoming version update.


We have no plans for this at the moment. When looking at the current system, where enfeebles take place using magic and En-spells increase damage, we’re pretty satisfied with the current separation of the two.


Planning to add these during the next version update. However, this isn’t going to be the tier-III version, we are thinking about a different type of En-spell.


We would like to look into perhaps having this take place through merit points.


Enlight and Endark are special magic spells for paladin and dark knight respectively and we have no plans to add them to red mage at this time.


In regards to monsters that are completely resistant to certain spells, there is a high possibility that we won’t make any significant changes. However, there aren’t really too many of these monsters, so in regards to adjustments making it possible to land enfeebling magic easier, we feel it would be better for red mage’s to experience this effect on a larger amount of monsters.


Since enhancing magic is an area that red mages excel at, we would like to add something. We have been receiving a lot of ideas for enhancing magic and we will be keeping them in mind when exploring this subject.


We are planning to make this spell a red mage-specific spell, but are continuing to evaluate it.


We will be looking into both of these along with the weapon skills revamp.


We looked into this, however, if we were to add this it wouldn’t be a job trait. The possibility is pretty high that it would be in the form of equipment that a red mage could wear.

No cure 5 question? shits lame.

No cure 5 question? shits lame.

Unless there was some new Gravity animation in the most recent .dat video? /shrug

We are planning to add a higher tier Gravity as a spell to reduce an enemy’s evasion. We will also be looking into spells that give the effect of subtle blow.

In regards to support capability, we’re thinking more in the direction of adjustments that will differ from white mage.

Instead of just simply adding a high-tier Cure, we’re looking into making it so scholars can raise their performance further by enhancing the effects of stratagem use and regen-type magic. However, this doesn’t mean that we won’t be adding a high-tier Cure later down the line.

I like the idea of RDM changing from a healer into a Enhancing and debuffing mage, and make sure to add NM's that would suffer the effects. No point in adding RDM abilities if they have no realistic use in game.

What they said: In regards to monsters that are completely resistant to certain spells, there is a high possibility that we won’t make any significant changes. However, there aren’t really too many of these monsters, so in regards to adjustments making it possible to land enfeebling magic easier, we feel it would be better for red mage’s to experience this effect on a larger amount of monsters.

What this means: up to interpretation but I HOPE what they really meant to say is 'There aren't a lot of monsters immune to all enfeebles so we don't need to adjust them much' instead of what I pessimistically think it is, which is 'We aren't planning to seriously adjust notorious monsters making most of Rdm's enfeebles useless'.

it's not impossible to have an rdm and a whm, I don't need cure V to replace the whm, I'd like it for myself or something lowman.

Sorry monks and heavy tp spamfest mobs

Level WHM or get a WHM?

What this means: up to interpretation but I HOPE what they really meant to say is 'There aren't a lot of monsters immune to all enfeebles so we don't need to adjust them much

They've no clue what they want to do with this job. I can understand and accept the betrayal to the melee side of things but to come out and contradict what they initially stated above. Why even talk to the player base at all if you can't say what you mean and mean what you say?

Yeah this is what I hope they're saying as well. I'd hate to see any new NMs be resistant out the ***.

They probably have a part 2 coming, they just need to get around to announcing their future plans. Let's not pull out our weapons on them yet.

Yeah this is what I hope they're saying as well. I'd hate to see any new NMs be resistant out the ***.

Assuming they're not immune, RDM can do the whole oldschool BRD thing and go /BLM. Elemental Seal, Saboteur, Slow II. That and Refresh II/Hastes would make them a useful party member. Of course it'd be nice if they had other things to do as well.

"Oh, immune to Paralyze. Guess I'll just Refresh and Haste..."