Thoughts on RDM

This post is going to be strictly on RDM and my thoughts about how I should gear it and how I have it geared.

I'll start with MND spells (Paralyze, Slow, Stoneskin, and possibly Silence):
As of now I have no MND macro'd in to anything except stoneskin. The only reason I macro in MND for stoneskin is because I wanted to hit the cap on how much damage stoneskin absorbs. As for the other spells I really need to rethink my macros since MND really plays a big role in paralyze and slow, but I'm not so sure how much in silence. Right now I don't have any sort of enfeebling magic skill+ head piece so I should definitely be macroing in my Yigit Turban for MND+5, and not to mention the Yigit Gages for an extra MND+5. As of right now my macros need an overhaul since there is so much I am lacking. I mean for my back, waist, hands, feet, rings, earrings, head, and legs I still just use MP+ gear instead of any sort of MND build. Here is what my macros should be looking like:
Staff: Elemental Staff
Head: Yigit Turban (+5)
Neck: Enfeebling Torque (because I should probably upgrade this)
Body: AF (enfeeb+)
Hands: Yigit Gages (+5)
Back: Rainbow Cape (+3)
Waist: Penitent's Rope (+5)
Legs: Jet Seraweels (+7)
Feet: Duelist Boots (+4)

So over what I wear now that would be an additional 25 MND (would be more but I usually wear my Duelist Boots). That is a HUGE upgrade over what I use now. So I guess one of my little projects for this weekend will be to redo my macros for RDM so I'm not some super gimp RDM. What's funny is I think I was doing more enfeebles with INT+ gear than with MND+. lol

INT spells (Bind, Gravity, Blind, and Sleep):
For these spells I am not as worried about, but I still need to add more in. Here is what the set should look like:
Staff: Elemental Staff
Head: AF+1 hat (+5)
Neck: Enfeebling Torque
Body: AF body
Hands: Yigit Gages (+5)
Back: Rainbow Cape (+3)
Waist: Penitent's Rope (+5)
Legs: Jet Seraweels (+7)
Feet: Yigit Crackows (+3)

So this set for right now is an additional 23 INT over what I currently use since I almost always wear my AF+1 hat. Again, this is a HUGE upgrade to what I usually do which would actually help out my RDM.

On a similar note, I think I may upgrade my legs from Jet Seraweels to Mahatma Slops because right now there is only a 100k difference in the price with 1 more INT and MND and the same amount of enmity down. This would be an upgrade for my BLM as well for nuking so I think I am willing to spend the extra 100k for an upgrade that helps out more than 1 job. The reason I hadn't done this sooner was because the difference in the price of the 2 pieces of gear was about 200-300k previously and I didn't feel it was worth that much to me.

Now for gear I would really like that would be upgrades:
Duelist Chapeau (Enfeeb+ and Refresh)
Morrigan Coronal (MACC and INT and MND)
Morrigan Cuffs (MACC)
Goliard Cuffs (MACC to land Enfeebs)
Nashira Seraweels (Enfeeb+ and MACC and Haste)
Morrigan Slops (INT+10 and MND+10)
Goliard Clogs (MACC with MND and INT bonuses)
Morrigan Pigaches (MND+10 INT+3 but the MACC could be more useful)

I mean there is more gear that I would like like and Enfeebling Earring or an Omega Ring or Duelist's Tabard or MND+ rings and earrings but I just don't have the gil nor the inventory to deal with some of it. The stuff listed above would just be good stuff to be able to get because of how awesome it would be to both my BLM and RDM.

So that about summarizes it for today I guess. I was a small guide to what I need to be doing and what I should be working towards to be all that I can. For today .... that is all.