Pld.... going Rdm!!!

[Aace]

It's pretty important to have a whm. It's part of being flexable in situations, which is what rdm is all about. When a PT is fighitng things that spam status effects or spams AOE, it's great to have a whm. It's always good to have the option of subbing whm.

[icesharc]

I think a lot of people put too much importance on whm sub. I made it to 75 w/o whm sub, I used blm the entire way. Now that i'm 75 i'm lvling it (currently 35, waiting on static to help me finish it) because its useful in HNM's and such.

The reason its not really needed is because nearly ever pt i was in either had; another whm, a brd, or a blm. Once I was in a 5rng pt as the only mage and that was the only time WHM sub would be needed, but that has only happened once.

If you want to be the best you can possibly be, you should level it, other than that, I made it to 75 faster than most w/o it.

[Ridill]

Having WHM available as a sub is extremely useful. Recently, I've just finished leveling off of Toramas in my set. My ability to status cure really benefited the party.

It is true that the BLM and SMN could have cured those statuses as well, however, their longer casting times and attention to other details potentially slowed their reaction time, which could lead to unnecessary actions to be lost. With Fast Cast though, RDM's find themselves in a position to cast critical spells faster, giving some time to pop in a status cure within 3 seconds of the action occuring.

Also, this might not be true for everyone, but I've personally, through the process of leveling RDM, have become very quick in regards to casting according to battle text.

Note: I also loved switching from PLD main to RDM main. The defensive and offensive skills that I acquired through leveling PLD has really hepled for soloing as RDM. In fact, my shield and parry are high compared to level 75 RDMs. Oh, and Divine magic skill is the most useless skill for RDM >_>;;

[Jei]

Originally posted by Ridill
It is true that the BLM and SMN could have cured those statuses as well, however, their longer casting times and attention to other details potentially slowed their reaction time, which could lead to unnecessary actions to be lost. With Fast Cast though, RDM's find themselves in a position to cast critical spells faster, giving some time to pop in a status cure within 3 seconds of the action occuring.

so true. In PT lately even with a WHM, I always am the one curing status still.

Maybe I'm paying too much attension but hehe everyone loves me ^^ I level up to 55 last night and got my subjob underlevel at 26 ; ; still the PT leader that used to group me still pick me up even without PT flag. It's a happy little moment.

My casting cycle
refresh myself > hasts ninja/main attacker > refresh healer > haste second attacker > refresh blackmage. And then what ever I like until refresh wears off.

[Kilgraw]

It's still weird seeing Jei as the last person who posted again.