Regarding TP being merged into MP

MP usually stands for Magic Points, and some jobs in this game don't really use magic. Would it be possible to change MP into something like AP (Action Points) since they're tied to...you know, actions?

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Originally Posted by Antanias

MP usually stands for Magic Points, and some jobs in this game don't really use magic. Would it be possible to change MP into something like AP (Action Points) since they're tied to...you know, actions?

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Not really. It usually stands for "Mana Points". And 'mana' stands for an interpersonal supernatural power in its real-world meaning. In fantasy settings, it is the go-to word for all sorts of unspecified energy source used for anything that should not be possible for whatever physical characteristics something possesses, or even the building block for physical aspects of given world.

In other words, MP is always correct regardless of context.

I'll like this because I was thinking the same, though I was calling it AP for Aether Points. What's in a name though?

Although they weren't MMOs, some older FF games also had skills/magic fall under the MP value. So it could just be from a consistency point of view that's what SE decided for FFXIV, as TP weren't that often associated with FF much to begin with.

There going to have to completely retool PLDs as they have spells that use MP and abilities that use TP.

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Originally Posted by Hyperia

There going to have to completely retool PLDs as they have spells that use MP and abilities that use TP.

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BRD and DRK are gonna get it the worst with their kits assuming no changes are done to costs.

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Originally Posted by VitalSuit

BRD and DRK are gonna get it the worst with their kits assuming no changes are done to costs.

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Dunno, all the jobs are probably going to get overhauled.

while i know its not likely i am super hoping this change means weaponskills will cost nothing and there is no management there anymore.


also on the topic of mp most mmo's use mp as a thing connected to all skills not just magic skills. (at least all the ones i have played)

Aether Points would definitely be a good name for a single combined bar. It fits the lore and a lot of the explanations of how power is used and channeled.

Mana isn't even a concept here.

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Originally Posted by Kurando

Although they weren't MMOs, some older FF games also had skills/magic fall under the MP value. So it could just be from a consistency point of view that's what SE decided for FFXIV, as TP weren't that often associated with FF much to begin with.

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Pretty much this, Final fantasy games have always had physical and magical skills come from the same source, MP, discounting when you only had "uses" of spells.