Quote Originally Posted by Maldalewyn View Post
  • An inability to retain MP or recover lost MP other than simply remaining idle and waiting.
I wanted to make a thread talking about this last night, but apparently you can't make any threads unless your set character is level 25+.

I love playing as a White Mage, but looking at the other casting classes, WHMs really don't seem to have any reliable means of recovering MP for prolonged fights. THM/BLMs have some crazy mana regeneration via Umbral Ice (at least that I've seen) and ARN/SMN/SCH have mana regeneration through Aetherflow and Energy Drain. WHMs only really have Shroud of Saints, but that only lasts 12 seconds on a 2 minute cooldown.

I dunno, maybe 80 potency is more than I realize, but also consider that ARNs get 20% of their max MP back every minute, on top of the mana returned from Energy Drain, which can be used up to three times per minute depending on their rank of Aetherdam.