Quote Originally Posted by Babekeke View Post
As a taru drg myself, I can honestly say that when I go drg/rdm, I only need MP for the initial buffing. After that I only need enough MP for those occasional bar-spells, and to keep re-casting refresh. About 60 MP total should do it after you're buffed.
Like I said I prefer a style more along the lines of being being a mana tank. I have an Iridal staff for recharging while I'm out soloing, and my mana efficiency is pretty decent as you just stated. I spend a bit buffing up when I log on and then recharge. then I generally spend around 60 mp out doing stuff solo per situation~. Either I'm out at events that help me stay toped off, in which case I burn more mana buffing if ii'm in a group or I stay at cap and focus on fighting and healing via wyvern and keeping bar spells up along with haste for me and my wyvern...