Am I A Bad Rdm If...

Reading this makes me miss dynamis as rdm :3 good times!

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bad rdm or not, I would still blame the leaders for putting a rdm who they dont know in a key position. Thats just asking for fail imo.

He might be blamed for beeing a bad rdm, but not for getting placed in a position he couldnt handle. I highly doubt he is the only rdm in the ls, so what made their leaders decide to put the rdm who has never run with them before in the tank party over a rdm that they know can handle rough situations?

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If you have to ask if you are a bad rdm then you prolly are a bad rdm.

If it looks like duck, smells like a duck and sounds like a duck well then its prolly a duck..sorry dude.

Smells like a duck? I believe it is walks like a duck. Who goes around smelling ducks? lol

The neighbors to the north of the USA :P

Use composure on yourself, haste and refresh yourself, take it off and start the cycle on the rest of your party. Refresh lasts approximately three minutes which is slightly more than one game day. Haste lasts a little longer. Learn to watch the ingame clock and restart your cycle whenever one game hour passes. I like to start my cycle on :00 to make it easy. Keep that up and refresh and haste will never wear on your party. When your refresh wears, pop Composure, refresh & haste yourself, take it off. It keeps your timers down giving more time to /heal, debuff mobs, cure, w/e. It's easy and requires no third party tools.

No you are not a bad RDM despite what everyone is trying to tell you. The leaders are 100% at fault on this one.

It is very much possible for a RDM to main heal a tank party in Dynamis but the one VERY important thing you did not have in your party was a bard or a corsair.

A brd or cor in the tank party means more refresh for the tanks which means more self healing from the pld's. And in turn, more MP for you and less healing the pld's.

Anyone ever try to be a rdm in even a merit pt with DDx5 and rdm? It's a plain nightmare. You cant keep haste on 6 people AND main heal AND sleep add's. You either run out of MP too quick, or have to sacrifice some haste. That and its a major pain in the *** for the RDM.

RDM like any other job in the game needs proper support. The leaders fail on this one 100%

Also depends on the DD. If theyre /nin and dont fail at keeping their shadows up... and do the dmg they're supposed to do 1 RDM is enough :P ... cause the bird will be dead before it can do any dmg :D

for one, you should have been splitting the haste.

i personally don't like to haste myself...that 40mp can be spent better (my opinion). But with a workload like that in dynamis for a rdm...you were bound to crash and burn at one point. Not a bad rdm...just bad communication in the party with the healer.

Not haste yourself? hasting yourself helps a lot keeping your rf + haste cycles up...

not really. if it's a cycle, it doesn't matter how fast the recast is on it. haste will help you get the cycle started faster, but after that, it just is a waste.

the argument for haste would be cure3 recast, sleepga recast, <insert key recast spell here> recast. not keeping up the cycle.

Wait, 2 PLDs? Why? I mean I can see one PLD for a group that isn't experienced or a small group of people but 2?

I'm main RDM and WHM in dynamis (Yeah I dualbox dyna) I focus on Sleeps mainly for the most part and then worry about haste/refresh on my RDM. I'm not sure how big the group you went with is but if mobs aren't being slept then you'll have issues so it's a key thing to focus on as RDM imo because the BLMs have more things to worry about plus haste+sleepga is fast recast then tossing in a Sleep II on mobs shouldn't cause you any problems and gives you enough time to buff your group. I use WHM for haste when MP is low on RDM but most the time it's not much of an issue, if you have a good enough puller that knows when to sack and when to not then any LS really shouldn't have an issue at all.

I really don't understand how a PT of 2 PLDs were dying, they can cure each other for crying out loud I'm sure they both weren't tanking simultaneously if they were, they're doing it wrong.

It's better to just leave and stay away from the LS. If they honestly didn't have another RDM or WHM who have been in the LS long enough to know their tank pt is good on cures/support then I wouldn't even worry about it, if you're gonna run a LS the least you can do is have reliable mages...

If you did your best that's really all you can do. I wouldn't bother with their criticism especially if they didn't even give it to you constructively and just said "You suck *kick*"

You're without a doubt better off out of that LS. If the leaders can't take the time to allow your skills to grow by putting you into less demanding situations then theyre not worth your time anyway.

In my opinion, self haste is better for doing cycles because you get the cycle done FASTER, meaning more time to cure, rest, sleep, etc. inbetween cycles. The more time you spend cycling refresh/haste on other people the less time you can spend keeping the linkshell alive handling unslept mobs. At least in my experience with my dynamis shell.

Self haste really isn't that bad anymore with composure making it last so long with refresh.

Well, my group is relatively inexperienced, and I like having PLDx2. lol.

PLD disconnected mid fight last night. Main /assist ("caller" to some) became SAM/NIN (me), because we have no WAR, and no /WAR. While I do know which critter to target next, without a Provoke/Flash/Stun or something, they will go hit the sleepers as soon as I wake them up unless I happen to have TP to WS with.

That sequence probably completely annoyed our crowd control people. lol. I bet they were wishing for a backup PLD during every second of it.

Anyway, the point is mishaps do happen; the main PLD can d/c, can die, can be needing a WC break really really badly! Second PLD isn't a bad idea if the group can afford to put one more person on PLD.

I like 2 plds so you can so one can build hate on next mob while you fighting first one so ya know it actually has a chance to keep hate. Also nice always having a sentinel for hundred fist

It took me a while to get used to composure too but this is how I like to do it too. With composure, your refresh and haste should last three times as everyone else's. Just pop it, refresh/haste yourself, take it off and go about your business, you should be getting three cycles off on everyone else before yours wears. Just learn to time them and you'll be ok. Takes a little practice but IMO it's just as efficient if you like fresh/hasteing yourself and it saves you mp over time.

we only use one pld so if our pld dies then our DD are tanking the mobs until he's unweak lol.

For some runs we dont even have a PLD so that leaves me, SAM/WAR main assist. Fun times!

I play rdm and pld in dynamis and all i hafta say is dont knock the pld until youve done and if you cant multi task on rdm then pick a new job

We used use a MNK/NIN (low delay means quick re-engage times).

PLD has its uses, but once you group reaches a certain standard (high kill speed and sleepers that can handle themselves) then I would sooner take an extra DD than a PLD to City dynamis.

Whoa whoa whoa... whoa... people take paladin to dynamis!?

What is the point of this thread, we aren't here to stroke your staff.

Why ask the question when you post such a load of yawn, and then have a go at everyone who says you suck.

No one cares.

Well the thread had died but then you posted so one could ask what was the point of you post?

There's absolutely no point to a PLD in Dynamis, unless you want some comfort if you just started a new shell. That's the only reason I can see for needing a PLD.

I don't have to play the job to know its worthless in almost all situations. Protip: I have PLD leveled.

RDM is supposed to melee in Dynamis. Try meleeing next time, if anyone tells you to do anything but melee, they suxorz.

Well having 1 PLD can reduce death a lots, specialy on NM mnk. Is of course optional as you can just ask RDM to gravity mnk and blm can nuke it. But take xarcabar with NM mnk, you can't gravity him.

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