Purposely curing with less than 50% cure potency is gimping yourself. Purposely not idling in easily available refresh gear is gimping yourself. Casting pretty much any spell while having Hvergelmir equipped, is gimping yourself.
It's not about using other gearpieces to "make up" for the benefits from a Chatoyant Staff either. It's about adding those benefits from the other gearpieces and the staff - and that's any staff/weapon really, all depending on what you are casting - further enhancing the effect of the spell you cast.
Your actions are making the entire FFXI community suffer
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07-03-2013, 12:53 AMTamoa
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07-03-2013, 12:59 AMKojoI think OP is an Abyssea kid, he won't understand or believe us no matter how hard we try to explain it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tamoa
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07-03-2013, 01:05 AMSparthos
Less about Abyssea, more trying to justify Hvergelmir.
It's a bad Empyrean the same way trying to justify Claustrum and Gates of Tartarus' aftermath is bad. For all the hand wringing you have to do to make it barely workable you could have done better with easier to acquire gear. But hey, if you want to do your own thing, feel free to. -
07-03-2013, 01:13 AMKojoHEY! How dare you speak ill of Claustrum! It's an epic weapon!....ok, I couldn't keep a straight face... LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Sparthos
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07-03-2013, 01:13 AMUmichiIsn't that the whole point? the challenge....Quote:
Originally Posted by Sparthos
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07-03-2013, 01:19 AMSparthos
No macro challenge!
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07-03-2013, 01:20 AMKojoBut think about how much better you'd be with the gear to make Claust/Hnnnngrmir work, but with Chatoyant or the TotM staves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Umichi
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07-03-2013, 01:20 AMDaemonWhat are you doing? Healing all 3 alliances? Or your party isn't geared well enough that they are taking up too much damage?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zagen
I do the same things you are doing. But lets figure this out because to me it sounds like you are overgearing.
I can understand WHM needing Cure potency 50% because the job uses MP constantly healing. And cannot recover MP the same as Scholar which is also why I can understand WHM using high Refresh Idle Set.
And yes I understand Genbu has -PDT on top of cure potency aug stats but Terra staff offers higher -PDT.
However...
WHM & SCH are 2 different jobs.
Scholar Regen V alone saves you MP because you do not need to constantly heal several members in your group.
We know that usually 1 or 2 DD most likely holds hate be it tanker or highest damage dealing job.
So if anything you should be spending a lot of MP on those jobs compared to the other DD in your party.
Which is what Regen V well makes up for it.
Phalanx can help members reduce damage which compliments Regen. As do Stoneskin but I only use this rarely when necessary. Because of the limitations of Strategems.
Hekas Kilasiris gives you 15% Cure potency. And if you are really desperate to heal someone that bad then that's what Rapture is for.
The strategy of using Regen V is also watching players in your party. If someone took a hit on rare occasions obviously you don't need to cure them, just wait for Regen V to handle that.
Remember you most likely have other support jobs who can help toss in a cure here and there so if team work plays out good you shouldn't be so heavily focused on curing but also keep buffs up on players.
I always keep Hvelgamir and Vivid grip strap on for its fast cast.
As I said before you have Sublimation which mine is fully merited. And because Sublimation gives you immunity to spells like sleep. This alone can help you keep MP up decently. I almost rarely use Convert as I use Myrkr instead.
By the time your MP falls to low level depending on the pace of your party, then TP from Adloquium should be high enough to use Myrkr. At above 200+ TP you gain about 500+ MP back which Sublimation is on countdown.
If you have 300% you can gain 900-1k MP back
And the benefit of Myrkr is that you can engage battle from far away to use it in between wait time for mobs to repop as long as you can find 1 monster.
Again Icarus wing and Vile Elixer you carry in case of emergency and if you have WHM in party Ask your WHM to devotion you.
Enhancing set and enhancement pieces are there for you to switch over for buffs.. Which you don't really need staff for that.
And we know you are not going to constantly use Embrava because its only active during TR.. Therefore you don't need to worry about switching staves unless its for that reason.
In case You desperately need help healing HP to your party that's what Embrava is for also. 1 hours are there for emergencies.. Regen V and Regen off Embrava is very powerful. But you need to keep SCH AF3 Hat on when using Regen spells.
If you really want cure potency there are other gears for that but again it doesn't mean SCH needs to have 50% Cure potency...
Just like DD have to make choices on what sacrifice they need to make to use certain pieces...I choose to sacrifice Cure Potency for MP especially if I can gain 1k back with EMP staff.
Oh yeah I didn't even mention that Cor and Bard could refresh you if you cannot rely on yourself independently to do it.
Remember abilities such as Rapture, Penury are there for a reason. And If your team is going too fast... I'm sure they won't kind taking a few seconds to let you recover as you are doing a lot to help them. -
07-03-2013, 01:24 AMKojo
Mama-se, mama-sa, mama-coo-sa~
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07-03-2013, 01:29 AMDaemonNo you just can't accept the fact that there are different ways to using gear and strategy. Not everyone is a robot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sparthos