Originally Posted by
dope_danny
BLM is a glass cannon designed to stand still as much as possible and nuke enemies. SMN is a dot and pet based class designed around wearing enemies down slowly from a safe distance and RDM is a hybrid of mage and fencer. You use two ranged rotations to build up a white and black magic meter than use a gap closer to dash in and do a brief melee rotation with your rapier with an aoe and single target version and then they disengage back out to cast a holy or flare based on what black or white leftover is higher.
BLM is high damage but very turret based. SMN is great in pvp and pve in the world but in dungeons falls behind and RDM is a middle of the road but it has high mobility and the ability to heal and res allies.