Alchemist Potions: Still Lame, 40 levels later...

[Tarta]

Yeah I did Alchemy to 50 because I like being shunned and left alone in corners. *queue linken park music*
Really though, it's not great. Hi-Elixirs are what I use as a healer and, the MP it gives me doesn't even let me cast 1 raise.

[shintashi]

Yeah I did Alchemy to 50 because I like being shunned and left alone in corners. *queue linken park music*
Really though, it's not great. Hi-Elixirs are what I use as a healer and, the MP it gives me doesn't even let me cast 1 raise.

i was thinking same thing not 5 minutes ago. The highest level Ether Potion should provide enough MP back to cast the most expensive mp spell at least once. Maybe more, but not less. I don't know the exact costs, but I think 3 stacks Fire 3 and Raise are the most expensive. Can anyone clarify if that's true and how much MP that requires?

[SummerRider]

i was thinking same thing not 5 minutes ago. The highest level Ether Potion should provide enough MP back to cast the most expensive mp spell at least once. Maybe more, but not less. I don't know the exact costs, but I think 3 stacks Fire 3 and Raise are the most expensive. Can anyone clarify if that's true and how much MP that requires?

I think this highlights the problem though.
Fire 3 is a BLM spell. It was the first class that I leveled, and running out of mana was not a problem. It's easy to regen mana as a BLM. It's been a bit since I've done anything with him, but I think there are 3 abilities that a BLM has to regen mana (Any spell that gives positive Astial Ice, Transpose, as well as Convert).
Then you have the healers (WHM, and SCH). Of the two I think the WHM only has one ability that increases mana regen. (Shroud of Saints). A SCH has at least two (Energy Drain, Aetherflow). Looking at the three magic classes the one really limited with mana regen is the WHM. It's the only magic class that I've ever had where I when I ran out of mana and was forced to use a potion. The other two, it was more of a inconvenience, where I either lost some (DPS, or had to just slightly).

I would love the potions to be useful where I actually make sure and care them, vs now, where it's oh hey this one time this month I'm actually going to have to use a potion to get back MP.