Potions: When will they be useful?

[normalforce]

There's always:

Elixir - HP Regen : +50% (2000 max), MP Regen : +30% (1050 max)
Mega-Ether - MP Regen : +20% (600 max)
Mega-Potion - HP Regen : +20% (600 max)

But, yea, otherwise the rest of the healing potions aren't all that noteworthy.

[Punainen]

There's always:

Elixir - HP Regen : +50% (2000 max), MP Regen : +30% (1050 max)
Mega-Ether - MP Regen : +20% (600 max)
Mega-Potion - HP Regen : +20% (600 max)

But, yea, otherwise the rest of the healing potions aren't all that noteworthy.

600 MP is like 1 to 2 spells for a BLM, and is therefore ultimately useless, not worth buying/carrying.
And my point still stands, if it doesn't have 'mega' in the name, its garbage. So why are they in the game?

[Molly_Millions]

600 MP is like 1 to 2 spells for a BLM, and is therefore ultimately useless, not worth buying/carrying.
And my point still stands, if it doesn't have 'mega' in the name, its garbage. So why are they in the game?

MP potions should be reserved for WHM, use convert to get MP back on BLM. Again you are using the potion in a way that makes it a waste. Use mega-potions of INT or nerve drops on BLM.

[Jennestia]

MP potions should be reserved for WHM, use convert to get MP back on BLM. Again you are using the potion in a way that makes it a waste. Use mega-potions of INT or nerve drops on BLM.

Pretty much this.

[Ryans]

600 MP is like 1 to 2 spells for a BLM, and is therefore ultimately useless, not worth buying/carrying.
And my point still stands, if it doesn't have 'mega' in the name, its garbage. So why are they in the game?

Potions are all about the situation. 600 MP is a decent amount for a whm or pld in any fight and pretty handy in a burn phase for a blm. If you are doing a blm burn and all ~5 of the blms pop a mega ether, that is 10 more spells which can easily be 5-8k.

As for the normal potions being garbage, they have to start some where. The first potion an alchemist makes can't heal for 500 hp, it would either create a balance issue with the higher quality of potions (force them to be even stronger so they aren't overlooked) or make little incentive to finish leveling alchemy (the higher level potions wouldn't be strong enough to warrant getting another 30+ levels in alchemy.) You don't complain about a lvl 10 sword being less beneficial then a lvl 50 sword, do you? Same idea.