First off.
Thank you IceMage, for saying everything that I was too afraid of saying for fear that the Mods might get me
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| Hint Haste/Refresh not needed in endgame meripo with 2x BRD, 1xBRD, 1XCOR/BRD |
Hint, what in the world would make me want a Rdm when I have those?
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| SCH has replaced us as a Backline job, much like they have replaced WHM and BLM. |
No, Sch and /Sch has replaced you as a backline job. Mages can bring their own form of Refresh to the parties now. I have no need for a Rdm now unless I have a Pld tank. Even then, Sanction/Sigil refresh, Auto Refresh, Parade Gorget, and lord knows what else means even a Pld doesn't need a Rdm anymore. Granted, with proper backup but all of my parties have that.
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| What else do RDM's have left to do with a SCH in the group other than melee? Pick daisies? |
Haste, Protects, Shell, Phalanx II since we ARE talking merit parties here, then pick daisies. Assuming you actually fight something other than Colibri then the Rdm gets to focus on enfeebling and stuff.
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| How often does warrior tank there big guy. |
Quite often.
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| How often does WHM get invited to an endgame party |
All the time.
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| MNK hell i havent seen a MNK since october. |
Had two of 'em in my party the other night.
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| RDM was the only job that had a niche, we could easilysit back and watch the xp roll in. |
The crux of it all. Rdm was the only job that completely dominated the exp scene much like the rangers and arrowburns of olde. You *may* have been displaced from your throne, and now you're throwing a hissy fit over it.
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| I think its awesome how every single possible meripo sceneraio ends up being a TP Burn, clearly you havent acctually experienced RDM melee if all you can spout about is TP burn. |
And guess why they are TP burns? Because the mob is so weak in defense, HP, and evasion that they can be killed quickly and easily. If they weren't TP burns you wouldn't have a ghost of a chance at being the *awesome* melee Rdm. Mamool Ja are the closest thing there IS in ToAU to what a normal exp level mob would behave in the RoZ/CoP zones, and you yourself said that you would not be able to handle meleeing them.
Fact: You yourself said that you had to have at least one Madrigal in order to reach an acceptable hit rate, while eating sushi and wearing +acc gear.
Fact: Real melee, especially two handers, have no need for +acc songs. Those songs are WORTHLESS to at least 1/2 of your party, just so that YOU can *melee*
Fact: The party would be better served if instead the bard used a +Haste or +Att song for the melee.
None of the other mage jobs are dependant solely on Rdm anymore, and that as far as I am concerned is a good thing.