These kids are arguing with me about Rdm's on IGN forums. Am I wrong? I think Using a Sword for Rdm is fine until lvl 51. At lvl 51 you should stick to Staves and Wands and stay out of melee. You'll be way more productive that way.

And I was also told Mnd is pretty worthless at higher levels, and not to worry about it. That true?

I just wanna make sure I'm arguing the right points here.

Carry both

Do either or...Melee some or sit back

Definately Help the PT anyway you can. Thats about it.

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75RDM
Rank 10 Bastok

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I belive it dont really matter what weapon you choose as a rdm as long as your doing what the party asks of you then thats fine, Staffs really wont do much for us except the dark staff but thats only for resting, Wands are nice but after 41 we are basicly your refresh whores and backup healers were kinda lucky if we can get a few nukes in there

ok *crack's knuckles* as a RDM you should carry a sword at all times BUT you should also carry @ least a dark staff (my opinion) i have dark and ice myself plus a wise wiz anelace AND a darksteel dagger (made myself ^^) dagger skill isent my strong point though... ; ; anyway yea u need both and meleeing after lvl 51 isent nessicarlly "bad" just do it after u take care of buisnuss (getting everyone refreshed and enfeebleing) and if the PT doesent want u to melee then stop its really not that hard to do... my sword skill's capped anyway lol so im not meleeing till i lvl again ^^

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Aldy™
Kicker of Ass™

Actually I carried a lot of everything. I carried a staff for resting, a dagger, a sword and a Mythic wand with me when I XPed.
You never exactly know when they'll come in handy either. One night I was about 1.2k tnl and the Paladin DC, (I'm convinced he alt-tabbed because people were telling him to use Flash, lol) So, we were sitting in the Boyadha Tree trying to figure out what to do. Finally I just said, screw it, I'll tank. Broke out my sword and shield and set up tanking macros despite not having a WAR sub, lol. The Thief tricked on me when she could, and despite losing hate a few times to the DRK, (Damn you Remus ><) I think I did a decent job for having no WAR sub.. haha I took about a half an hour, but I got my damn level. I also found out that night that casting Blink pulls a little hate.. I had no idea.

i dun know, rdm dont do much damage meleeing anyway. if theres ae its just kinda wasting mp curing the rdm, and your probably just giving more tp to the mob than the damage your doing is worth. as far as i understand MND helps for your white magic enfeebles (dia/paralyze/slow), slow and para are pretty important enfeeble imo. im only 45 rdm though so just my 2 cents.

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lol nice shadow and ruby @ lvl 63 my damage isent that bad i hit around 30-40+ plus my add damage and thats like 15-16 so meh its not horrible but its not great and yea slow and para are two of the best lol

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Aldy™
Kicker of Ass™