I was given the impression that Red mages shouldn't nuke AT ALL!
Can someone please explain to me why?
I understand people think it's a waste of mana because red mages don't nuke as hard as the blm, but here a few things i'd like to state out just incase people didn't notice.
1) We only had 5 BLMs the other day (which is ALWAYS the case), and 3/5 times the BLM can't kill the Statues in 1 blow leaving it at 10% HP.
2) Not all Red Mages have shitty nuke. I take of like 1/5 of the statue's HP when there's no resist. 1/10 if it resist, but it's enough to 'finish the job'.
3) Statues refill your MP to full. During Dynamis-Jeuno, I never ran out of MP from nuking because of all the refills~
Rdm's main role is to Refresh and debuff, and the occasional cure~ But besides that, there's a 60% idle time just WAITING for people to get hit, or the debuff to wear off. Waste of time.
You might think if Red Mages nuke also they won't have enough mana for Refresh, Cure, debuff and other shit.
That's true, but it's not like a Red mage would Exhaust ALL their mana into nuking. I believe any level 70+ Red Mage would have a good sense of judgement as to WHEN they should or shouldn't nuke.
And also, ever been in an EXP PT where the Blm would MB "Thundaga III" when the monster has only 1% HP? That exact same thing happened during Dynamis-Jeuno. The blms leave a statue at 5% HP and almost every single time they would continue to cast "Thunder IV"... It's a waste of MP and it takes time to regain.
I'm not saying the Blms aren't doing a good job~ They were great~ But Rdm Nuke can help release some of the MP burden on the blm.
And just a point of interest, a 75 RDM/BLM and a 75 BLM/WHM has the same base INT. A red mage with full INT gear can usually nuke just as hard as a BLM with the same gear and same spell.
I repeat, RDM nuke aren't all that shitty. Not mine at least.
Sure my spells would get resisted more~ but i'm just trying to help out.
May someone please answer me back fairly if they have a different point of view? Thx