Running out MP

I was hoping someone could offer some advice. I am a lvl 32 white mage and I am starting to run out of mp when doing dungeons. Usually at the end of a mini boss or actual boss. But it is still frustrating when I can not heal. Its only happened twice but would like advice on how to avoid this. Thanks in advance! :)

30-35 is a level range that does tend to struggle a bit with MP; things get a lot easier once you get Regen at 35. As you're 32 you'll have just got the Freecure trait, which is pretty important for MP management. The trick is to use Cure to do as much of your healing as you possibly can, saving Cure II for when you've either got a Freecure proc or someone needs healing up ASAP. Avoiding overcasting Medica (save it for when you're going to get a good heal off on 3-4 people with it) and Esuna (some dungeons will be throwing status everywhere, and trying to remove it all will burn through all of your MP fast. Just use it on the more critical statuses) goes a long way towards helping you save MP too. If you're still running out of MP after that, there's a good chance that your party isn't avoiding damage properly against bosses.

I'm sorry but all I have to tell u is... live with it... as said before it's a phase all WHM go trough... vl 35 regen will help (but wtill u have to use it wisely... or it will just drain your mana faster than before...) lvl 38 gives u shroud that is a mana regen.... lvl 48 enhanced shroud will make running out of mana your fault (or the dps fault if they take head on every single aoe of the fight...) lvl 50 medica II will alleviate the aoe healing mana cost much more (that skill is creazy good)... and once u start getting lvl 50 equip u wil see your mana pool and mana regen only grow while mana cost of your skill stay put... up to the point where u need to massively use aoe heal/ress in order to have to use shroud on every cd and really spam your aoe heal + ress in order to risck going OOM

also if u'r running with a summoner ask him to do the ress... he have better mana regen than yours (at that lvl) and u don't risk to get a party meber die due to lack of healing while u'r ressing someone else (THM lvl 26 freecast will also solve this promblem but still put a stress on your mana...)

tab9 summed it up pretty succinctly. You're at the awkward teenage years of White Magery. Things will get better, soon. Particularly once you hit 38 and get Shroud of Saints. In the meantime, make sure to keep some Ethers / Hi-Ethers on your hotkeys for emergencies, and get used to spending less time DDing due to MP restrictions.

http://www.ffxivinfo.com/class/conju...roud-of-saints

The early thirties are a tough time for White Mages. They give you Cure II to waste more MP and Presence of Mind to waste it faster. :)

If you're struggling, a good practice is to drink a hi-ether after you've spent a little MP and then again on cooldowns. You probably have enough hi-ethers from quests to sustain this until you get the rest of your abilities. Stoneskin on the tank between fights will allow you breathing room at the start, Regen will give you opportunities to sit and recover MP rather than chaining Cures, and finally Shroud makes White Mage actually work! Plus Divine Seal allows you to counter heavier damage with cheaper heals. :D

Combat Raise can be a real drain on your reserves and may make fights hopeless if you have to waste too much MP on it. Even so, it is better to pick up fallen damage dealers and let them learn the fight than conserve MP while they lie in the dirt. Such groups are looking at a wipe anyway, try to maximize the educational value. :)

Another challenge from 30-35 is that you start encountering dungeon content with actual mechanics as opposed to glorified tank and spank fights. (Anyone else enjoy all the losses to the first boss in Qarm as people fail to understand the importance of the tiles?)

It takes players a little while to wake up from the dungeon-induced comas they find themselves in. Once people begin playing with their eyes open total incoming damage goes down.

Hi OP,

I think Brayflox Longflops is the first dungeon that shocks the White Mage system. Things are worse if the tank is undergeared, as that may force your hand toward Cure II more than Cure.

Timing abilities like Gladiator's Rampart around the time of boss adds or heavy attacks, focus fire on the adds, and crowd control may play a large role, but this one dungeon was the "Oh shoot, Cure I may not cut it anymore" dungeon.

Yeah, I have actually been getting tanks who do not hold their attention and they attack me. Or do not get out of the way of AoE. I will say I am at fault for not using cure 1 though. When I got cure 2 thats what I have been using. Learned that I should use cure 1 specially for the free cure trait. Live and learn though right?!

Cure is not just useful for Freecure, it's a lot more MP efficient than Cure II. Cure II is about double the MP cost for around 1.5x the potency. It will really help out with your MP conservation.

If u dont wanna go oom, demand a bard with mana regen aura or roll scholar.

I am going to echo what a lot of the others have said here. mana will be tight for you till you have regen and then shroud. best advice i can give you is try to heal with cure and use cure 2 free cast procs as much as you can. It will get better trust me. once you have regen, better stoneskin and shroud you are the best healer in game and most fights should never give you much to worry about mana wise assuming you don't spam cure 2

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Originally Posted by Birdeh

If u dont wanna go oom, demand a bard with mana regen aura or roll scholar.

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as said before this is only true for lvl 30 to lvl 38... after that mana for whm became less and less of a problem until u reach lvl 50 and start getting good piety gear... at that point u should never run out of mana

I also had fight where SCH whould call for mana song while I was still sitting at 75% mana ^^' (and no... i was not looking at the fight without healing but alternating on party and tank heal with the sch that was in voice chat with me ^^)

I only used Cure II with Free-cure procs at that level range. Also, let Regen do its work. You don't need to top up your tank if they have 15s of Regen left unless you are pre-empting a huge hit to their HP. Finally, don't be lazy and Medica spam. I know when you see the two DPS HP bars go down it's tempting to just Medica and not switch away from the tank, but you will burn through MP very quickly. Just toss a Regen on them or Cure I. You might even get a Free-cure to use on your tank.

I am level 48 and I was wondering why on earth I was running out of MP. Turns out the story mode garuda should not take 20 minutes to burn her HP down to the time of reckoning. When he dps came prepared. The fight was quick. If they are massively undergeared get ready for a long fight on some bosses since some actually regent HP fast or spam the healer so you have little time to stop and cure.

I found it helpful to make a hotbar with Cure I, II, III, Shroud of Saints, and my mana potion on it, and put the bar right up next to the party window. I don't actually click the buttons, but I use them so that I can quickly see at a glance if I have any FreeCures available and to efficiently track when my mana regaining abilities are up. I'll post a picture this evening when I'm back on my home computer!