Shocked at the reduction in mage damage, quadruple mp cost, and lowered resources

[RathSkybreaker]

Ok so look in an 8 person party you shouldn't be able to survive with 1 healer in the first place.. This being said you have two healers you can rotate passive / active between the two, with mana regen and actually putting points in MND people can then stfu and realize that this game has actually gotten what the majority of players wanted. Toughness, before, this game was shit easy.. THE NM's were a joke. Now I want to go fight them again because it seems like it might actually be worth the challenge TY SE you did a great job.

[Oscillate_Wildly]

Ok so look in an 8 person party you shouldn't be able to survive with 1 healer in the first place.. This being said you have two healers you can rotate passive / active between the two, with mana regen and actually putting points in MND people can then stfu and realize that this game has actually gotten what the majority of players wanted. Toughness, before, this game was shit easy.. THE NM's were a joke. Now I want to go fight them again because it seems like it might actually be worth the challenge TY SE you did a great job.

I hate to say that 'you're wrong' per se, but people did alright in XI with one main healer and a back up. Key word, back up. Not 2 main healers, with one warming the bench as a spare. That's just not fun, and people were apparently having MP management issues before the patch. I think they're the ones who are crying the loudest now, but those of us who did a well enough job were doing just fine. I never ran out of MP, and during NM runs I'd maybe get to half. Maybe that's a sign things were too easy for us, but after about 3 spells, 2 of which were offensive because autoattack is just not an option right now as a mage, my MP pool was down more than a quarter.

That is RIDICULOUS. Absolutely unacceptable.

[LuxLex]

after about 3 spells, 2 of which were offensive because autoattack is just not an option right now as a mage, my MP pool was down more than a quarter.

Meanwhile, a bunch of people will say it is "balanced" for mage classes to either stand around doing nothing or cure only. Or they will say it is strategic for mages to have to spend most of a battle doing little to nothing. Or, my favourite, that SE made mages suck so that they would join groups, lol.

[darkstarpoet1]

Ok so look in an 8 person party you shouldn't be able to survive with 1 healer in the first place.. This being said you have two healers you can rotate passive / active between the two, with mana regen and actually putting points in MND people can then stfu and realize that this game has actually gotten what the majority of players wanted. Toughness, before, this game was shit easy.. THE NM's were a joke. Now I want to go fight them again because it seems like it might actually be worth the challenge TY SE you did a great job.

yeah and it is sooooooooooo much fun putting your weapon away in the middle of a battle instead of idk....what else could i be doing.... oh yeah.... actually helping in the battle like i was before.

[Astray]

yeah and it is sooooooooooo much fun putting your weapon away in the middle of a battle instead of idk....what else could i be doing.... oh yeah.... actually helping in the battle like i was before.

I have to agree with this. I'd rather be spamming cures than sitting and watch everyone else fight. Viewing from the sidelines isn't strategy, it's poor game design.