Summoner's MP issues

[Seobit]

Having a bard ballad isn't really a solution, asking for someone to lower his dps just so you can up yours is a stupid proposition. It's nice to dip into it whenever healers require it, but competent healers don't need ballads too often if at all.

I think op's concern is a valid one although probably not as dire as he makes it out to be. I also think anyone in here who's only been into AK and are laughing at him telling him he has to learn to manage his MP really need to shut up.

[T0rin]

Having a bard ballad isn't really a solution, asking for someone to lower his dps just so you can up yours is a stupid proposition. It's nice to dip into it whenever healers require it, but competent healers don't need ballads too often if at all.

I think op's concern is a valid one although probably not as dire as he makes it out to be. I also think anyone in here who's only been into AK and are laughing at him telling him he has to learn to manage his MP really need to shut up.

It is a solution. These are team engagements, not solo engagements. It is a legitimate thing to rely on SUPPORT in your group to perform SUPPORT activities. If that means less Foe's Requiem and more Mage's Ballad, why is that an issue? The whole thing is a big balancing act. If you don't do it, the DPS suffers. I laugh how you say it is OK for a Bard to Mage's Ballad for a Healer, but not for a Summoner.

I'm honestly glad some classes actually run out of resources and have to play differently to deal with it. I'm glad some classes have to rely on other classes to operate at peak efficiency. I'm glad that fights aren't executed in a little bubble, with every character just spamming the same rotation until the end of time.

[Kevee]

Having a bard ballad isn't really a solution, asking for someone to lower his dps just so you can up yours is a stupid proposition. It's nice to dip into it whenever healers require it, but competent healers don't need ballads too often if at all.

Yes, a BRD ballad-ing specifically for the SMN is bad(unless the SMN is bottoming out for whatever reason).

It never needs to happen, though, because healers need it at one point or another, and that's enough for SMN.

You run with Vitto and he regularly asks for small bursts of Ballad, as a healer.

Use a pot, or two, if you're that worried--But we're fine, as exemplified by the OP himself. 1 BRD group, he's a SMN, and he's killed Twintania, not to mention he was being inefficient with his mana to begin with.

Basically any help would be great; it's silly that I have to interrupt our BRD in the last phase of Twintania and ask him to give me MP, while the three other casters are still nearly full on MP.
This is wasting time that he could be using for Foe Requiem, if I were any other class.

First, don't waste MP on conflag phase. Based on your other topic, you cast more DoTs on the Conflag, or don't have the timers for Bane. Fix that. Never cast Thunder on a conflag.

Second, don't waste MP on Dreadknights. You should not be using a full DoT rotation on them, unless you need Fester to kill them(in which case your other DPS need to pick it up).
You should be applying 2 DoTs and then spam Ruin. If you're running low on MP, Miasma->Bio->Ruin. If not, Miasma->Thunder->Ruin. Remember, Bio II has to tick THREE times to be stronger than a single ruin cast. If you're casting it third in line, you're not getting more damage, and you're wasting MP. Same applies for all DoTs -- Learn thresholds. Miasma is stronger than Bio if it has 4 or less ticks, and Thunder is more DPS for most of the duration. Don't use Bio if you're getting less than 2 ticks--It's better to ruin.
Depending on timers, ED > Fester for Dreadknights, both for killing and the future. If you don't need Fester to kill it, stop using it. If you only have time for 2 DoTs and 2 Ruins, it's better to do ED than waste a GCD(and mana) on Bio II+Fester.
There are other options, like rotating EDx2 on one Dread, Fester on next, Pet CDs on next.
Learn your timers, and spell efficiency based on timers/potency. Space things out.

Third, and I doubt you don't do this, but command your pet. For dreadknights, it's better(depending on DPS levels) to separate Rouse/Spur(whereas normally it's better to use them together). If you're using Accuracy food to make up for being lower accuracy, stop. Pets get no benefit from food, and if you're sitting at the 435 cap FROM FOOD(which means 415 ACC base, +20 from HQ Stuffed Cabbage), your pet is at ~75-80% accuracy. This is more of a DPS loss than, say, the gain from Vanya chest to AF2. A solution is to wear ACC gear to summon the pet, and then switch to your DPS gear and pop your food. However, if you or your pet die for any reason, when you re-summon it it will again have poor accuracy. Edit: Looking at your gear, this is most certainly a major issue if you aren't using an Accuracy set to summon your pet. With Rouse/Spur, which is in your Dreadknight rotation, is up--That's a 370-400+ damage hit. That's a huge chunk of damage. Get more accuracy. Misses = Less Damage = Takes more skills to kill. One missed R+S Wind Blade from Garuda is ~2 Ruins. If you're sitting at 415+Food, you're missing way too much.


Fourth, use pots(if you need to, after you fix the above), like melee use Invigorate. Don't wait until you bottom out. "I shouldn't have to use consumables!" -- If you expect the BRD to use pots to extend songs, which all competent BRDs do, you should expect yourself to use pots to stop from bottoming out.

[Vittorino]

[QUOTE=Kevee;1524847]Yes, a BRD ballad-ing specifically for the SMN is bad(unless the SMN is bottoming out for whatever reason).

You run with Vitto and he regularly asks for small bursts of Ballad, as a healer.

"disturbed at the sight of this diabolical treason! I shalt no succumb to such petty squabbles."

How dare you put such treason on my NAME!!! da Stache!
First off i regularly asking for a ballad is not in my style! Nevaaaar! When i do go to such lengths to ask a BRD for Ballad is when neanderthals get themselves hit by unnecessary damage thus making me use more mana than i'd like too. In addition to mechanics or new transitions i'm not familiar with. Da stache shalt never be labeled as asking for such pity chipper tunes!!

Yours Truly Captain Stache!

[Kevee]

"disturbed at the sight of this diabolical treason! I shalt no succumb to such petty squabbles."

How dare you put such treason on my NAME!!! da Stache!
First off i regularly asking for a ballad is not in my style! Nevaaaar! When i do go to such lengths to ask a BRD for Ballad is when neanderthals get themselves hit by unnecessary damage thus making me use more mana than i'd like too. In addition to mechanics or new transitions i'm not familiar with. Da stache shalt never be labeled as asking for such pity chipper tunes!!

Yours Truly Captain Stache!

I'm sorry, my Glorious.

I did not mean it as an affront to you, just solely as to what I had experienced, and only on one specific encounter. I know that, through the power of the Almighty Stache, it is not a regular occurrence anywhere else.

/bow