In Stormblood, the RDM AoE rotation was extremely bland. Scatter spam into Moulinet spam. While Shadowbringers did expand on the AoE kit with new Ver-spells, it still lacks a satisfying impact (I'll see myself out later).
By comparison, BLM has a very satisfying AoE kit that chains explosion after explosion along with purple darkness explosions, lightning explosions and little ice explosions. While I haven't played enough SMN to speak from experience, exploding poison clouds (to spread dots) along with scathing pillars of light/fire are probably fairly enjoyable.
Red Mage just needs some of that oomph for themselves in their own AoE kit. Their single-target rotation has Verflare/holy and Scorch, so come next expansion some of that burst should come to their AoE kit:
No longer would Red Mage gauge burn be a basic and bland 1-1-1-1-1, but instead a slightly-less-basic-yet-far-more-explosive 1-2-1-2-1-2 where every other action is a satisfying burst of water or ice magic.
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By comparison, BLM has a very satisfying AoE kit that chains explosion after explosion along with purple darkness explosions, lightning explosions and little ice explosions. While I haven't played enough SMN to speak from experience, exploding poison clouds (to spread dots) along with scathing pillars of light/fire are probably fairly enjoyable.
Red Mage just needs some of that oomph for themselves in their own AoE kit. Their single-target rotation has Verflare/holy and Scorch, so come next expansion some of that burst should come to their AoE kit:
- Increase the potency and gauge cost of Enchanted Moulinet (maybe 25 or 30 black/white mana).
- Add new combo actions to Enchanted Moulinet in the form of Verflood (white mana; shares slot with Veraero II) and Verfreeze (black mana; shares slot with Verthunder II).
No longer would Red Mage gauge burn be a basic and bland 1-1-1-1-1, but instead a slightly-less-basic-yet-far-more-explosive 1-2-1-2-1-2 where every other action is a satisfying burst of water or ice magic.
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