I'm disappointed with Alchemy

[Roth_Trailfinder]

The only real use I have ever read of for the Int and Mind potions is right before summoning a pet. Since some of the pet's stats are determined by yours when you summon it, having a higher Mind would allow it to be a better healer, and having a higher Int would allow it to do more dps.

[LineageRazor]

Can items be used in macros? I've considered the possibility that STR or MND potions might be useful in the same way that short-duration, long-recast job abilities are. So you could make a macro like:

/action "Fight or Flight" <me>
/item "Mega Potion of Strength" <me>
/item "Hi-Potion of Strength" <me>
/item "Potion of Strength" <me>

This macro would use Fight or Flight if it's available for a damage boost, and if it's not, would use a STR potion instead (if one is in your inventory) - maybe not as good as Fight or Flight, but still better than no buff at all.

I tried /item in my macros, though, and it didn't seem to work... Is there another way to use a macro command to consume an item?

[DardGhalawad]

Can items be used in macros? [...] So you could make a macro like:

/action "Fight or Flight" <me>
/item "Mega Potion of Strength" <me>
/item "Hi-Potion of Strength" <me>
/item "Potion of Strength" <me>

[...]

I tried /item in my macros, though, and it didn't seem to work... Is there another way to use a macro command to consume an item?

You will get better help in the user interface thread and please do not stray away from the main subject from this thread

I'm also disappointed with Alchemy recipes, and how and why?

How: the amount of recipes for levelling diminish making the lower levels alchemists to have a short range of recipes to level from, which by the way they only require 2 DoL; when in 1.0 alchemist used recipes that required the 3 DoL; BOT and MIN in 2.0-2.1 and before in previous 1.0 BOT, MIN and Fisher. TRULY DISAPPOINTING!

[DardGhalawad]

Continuing... <.<;

Why: first class I got to level 50 in 1.0 was fisher and I loved it, now its boring has watching the green to grow up . Also the above mentioned diminish recipes where recipes that used fish to be crafted into shards, crystals or clusters. Which by the way mining for them is sluggish and not to mention that mining and harvesting already lost their light to me on the 2.0-2.1 versions.

[BondEternal]

The only real use I have ever read of for the Int and Mind potions is right before summoning a pet. Since some of the pet's stats are determined by yours when you summon it, having a higher Mind would allow it to be a better healer, and having a higher Int would allow it to do more dps.

I read somewhere that this is no longer true. Apparently, when the SMN or SCH casts Rouse or Spur, the stats of the pet will be updated with the current buffs the SMN/SCH has. Hence, some time during a boss fight, the pet will lose the effect of the Mind/Int potion.