[dev1358] Materia Reform - Discussion.

[Jinko]

Right now, I don't care about Manathirst because, quite frankly MP is not a big issue for me. So it could be a 25% refresh rate and I'd still choose upping my cures or base nuke damage over my MP pool. Afterall, it's not the size of the pool, but what you do with it.

Hmm many WHM's over-heal anyway, its very common especially when there are 2 WHM's in a party, so healing power becomes less desirable as over-healing becomes higher, which in turn makes mana a better option.

You also realize that if we get a level cap increase that spells will cost more MP, right? It will be just as proportionately useless then as it is now.

Agreed with this, spells now scale as you level, meaning MP cost also scales so its a non issue that manathirst would become overpowered.

[Kinseykinz]

Hmm many WHM's over-heal anyway, its very common especially when there are 2 WHM's in a party, so healing power becomes less desirable as over-healing becomes higher, which in turn makes mana a better option.

Actually if you are not running out of MP, the last though you should add to your gear set is MORE MP. Try adding HP's, VIT, Mag. Acc, PIE, INT, instead.

Agreed with this, spells now scale as you level, meaning MP cost also scales so its a non issue that manathirst would become overpowered.

When cap raises, there will be new tiers of Materia. A level V or VI Manathurst WILL give a better bang for your buck than the current IV and it should be scaled appropriately with the new MP costs for spells.


Also, the DEV team has to consider what happens with double, triple etc. melds. While it might not be the norm for all players to have them, it still factors in to the amount of influence each meld/materia can have.