I didn't want to hijack the RDM roles thread so I started this,
and it may have been beaten to death already, but their is no
apparent "search" function.
And please, I dont want to turn this thread into a flame war, I'm just looking for some constructive feedback.
While it is always better to have at least one WHM in a group,
from my perspective, a RDM holds their own and I would rather have a RDM for secondary healing than another WHM, and it may not be a hopeless situation if you just have a RDM as the primary healer.
Also note I'm low level (20)RDM, so this may change in the endgame, and hence my biased view.
This may seem "obvious" but a lot of people seem confused ingame and disband from a party if their is no WHM.
Here's my view:
WHM
pro: benediction, divine seal, curaga, attribute remover such as poisona, protectra, shellra, etc
con: relativly slow cast time, cant do much more than cure, enfeeble a little, and rest w perhaps a couple direct damage spells
RDM
pro: "fast cast", nearly the same cure spells as WHM at nearly the same level, can nuke and enfeeble if the party
needs it
con: see WHM pro
The mp issue is really mute, and really depends on race.
For instance, a 19RDM taru with no sub has more mp
than an 19whm/blm elvaan. Note that this is not based
on statistical evidence, just what I have seen in the game.
Of course, a taru whm will have much more mp than a taru
rdm, but I dont see too many taru whm on my server.
And of course divine seal + curaga and benediction = heaven,
but sometime it is better to cast faster overall to prevent someone dying, if benediciton has already been used.
The point of this thread, contrary to the title, is not to say RDM are better or worse than WHM, but to gather ideas and demonstrate that RDM can be a primary / secondary healer if the need arises.