Quote Originally Posted by Delsus View Post
The idea behind mages (paticularly THM/BLM) is that you manage MP, they deliver spike damage, if you want to go all out then expect alot of downtime. In FFXI when I played SCH my MP would last maybe 4 or 5 nukes and I would be resting (if I didnt use stratagems which was rare).

This is designed so you choose when to use combos not to spam them and cry when you are struggling with MP, If they give THM/BLM unlimited MP (which from your post is what you are asking for) then the only DoW people will use is a tank because THM/BLM will do alot more damage than melee.

Unlimited MP {Thanks for the offer but I'll have to pass} it takes all skill out of playing mages, remember abyssea and how that ended up with giving mages unlimited MP? anyone could play mages after and just spam spells and do a good job.
Yeah, and how many stratagems does SCH get? How many of them are MP Management? How many do we get for MP Management on THM/BLM one for now, and then another during 1.21. THM deals generally 20k less damage per moogle fight (if you want to retort how your thm is doing 50bajillion damage per moogle, then you are taking too long fyi), I can sometimes come within 15k on archer. I'm usually top damage on archer (not bragging, qqmoarpls).

With the fact that as a player, you have to deal with other players during content, it is highly likely you will need to move and be active. This further decreases the MP management skills a THM can get. THM just needs to get an ability like "Spirit Bound"- allows full MP recovery sustained from not moving while moving.

As it is right now, THM isn't complete. Getting one extra MP ability isn't going to complete THM. BRD refresh better be godly or THM will still be semi-useless besides blizzara/high spike damage on melee monsters (followed by 5 minutes of trying to find a spot where KING, MRD, GLA, or THF won't hit you and steal all your MP because of the terrific server delays/aoe so you have to constantly move and rely on 3-MP a tick auto-refresh).

THM is such a joke; I just sit in a corner during moogle and watch TV while I wait for my MP to come back. Great immersion going on there! /inb4whiteknight /inb4troll /inb4etc