What's RDMs main subsFollow

I read the sticky it said SMN for mana conservation
But is that the best bet for lvling?

It generally depends on the level of dedication of the RDM, and what he plans to use it for at 75.

Most commonly used/seen ones, and probably the only ones anyone will ever ask you to bring for anything important:

/WHM probably sees the most overall use, gives status heals without having to fumble with Arts/Addenda with /SCH (RDM often gets thrust into the healer role)
/BLM is primarily for Sleepga, Elemental Seal, and other assorted (but generally less useful) tools
/DRK for Stun, particularly Chainspell Stunning (CSS)
/NIN, overall the best sub for directly fighting a NM when you will be the one that has hate; whether soloing it, or tanking a HNM for a larger group

Other useful subs (but not ones anyone is likely to want you to have):

/SCH, the best sub for nuking efficiency, and one of the better overall subs for MP conservation when playing the healer role, but it does mean you might have to fumble with Arts/Addenda. Think about your situation before taking this sub out
/DNC, a decent way to give you an excuse to melee while also giving you a means to heal a bit without consuming MP. You'll want a decent melee setup and probably a Joyeuse before really putting this one to practice, though
/BRD, for pure manabatterying (Ballad)
/BLU, for bloodtanking weaker mobs or swarms of mobs with Cocoon where /NIN is not ideal (or if you just don't need/want to burn shihei). Also gives Vorpal Blade
/PLD, for when you don't even need Cocoon and would rather have Auto Refresh. Also gives Vorpal Blade and still has a nice "oh sh*t" ability in Sentinel. Helps quite a lot with reducing Stoneskin interruptions thanks to Shield Mastery


If you're just leveling RDM for the sake of leveling it and you're too lazy to be arsed to do more than one sub for it, make it /WHM.

Honestly, if you don't plan to use RDM for anything serious, /WHM will see you through the vast majority of situations. In EXP you should never need things like Sleepga, Stun, or Utsusemi (you wouldn't even have them until much higher levels anyway...) They (should) only come into play once you start doing things like endgame, missions, BCNMs with it.

I know, I agree. I just don't like seeing level 75 RDMs who put bare minimum effort in the job while I put so much into it. Then again, anyone that is leveling multiple jobs, is less able to put 100% in every job. One reason is the r/ex items that cater to certain jobs.

Personally I'm leveling /BLM because I enjoy it, and /WHM because if I don't I'll never hear the end of it.

In some cases that doesn't matter much. If you're leveling RDM, you can use a lot of gear that you already own for WHM, BLM or SCH for the most part. I can definitely see where you're coming from if someone was doing RDM COR and WAR though.

If you do endgame events, /DRK (as well as /WHM) is pretty much required in my experience. Really important.

I am 90% of the time expected to be /WHM in Limbus, but when we fight Omega or Ultima, I am expected to be /DRK for Stun and Chainspell Stun.

I am always expected to be /DRK in Dynamis for occasional, "the BLM's oopsied", critical Stuns, although I think that /BLM would be almost as good, for Sleepga.

In Einherjar, I am 100% expected to be /DRK, always, always, for Chainspell Stun on the final Boss.

Woodcrafting  103 + 7 + Ensorcellment + Lumberjack 
Cooking       101 + 7 
Clothcrafting 82  + 2 
Goldsmithing  60  + 1 
Blacksmithing 65 
Leathercraft  60 
Boneworking   60 
Alchemy       62 
 
 
Fishing       84 

Oh, it sure did for me. I've had to do much inventory management over the years.

This was before satchel though, and I didn't (still don't) have any mules.

Also, as far as I'm concerned, if your inventory is stretched to the point where you're sending stuff to your own delivery box and having to cycle through multiple sets of incoming stuff just to withdraw the stuff you actually want... that's an inventory problem. >_>