Summoner's MP issues

[pandabearcat]

Yea, Kevee, I realize that too. Its just saddening, I feel like the dependence on bard support is good, in a way, but also...kinda bad, in a way. I hope that makes sense.

I think I came off as super angry before because this is a pet peeve of mine, but this is still a game I enjoy, I just feel certain parts are not conducive to having a fun time XD

That being said, The TP song is still fairly bad iirc...I remember trying it without voice and it would be BARELY enough to keep up standard Bard rotation...which is kind of lame, because it means you cannot regen enough to do the song, drop after a bit, and then resume. Its kinda like a last ditch effort sort of thing.

The mana song is much better, and even with resses and full rotation on one target, I had no problems if a Bard sang for the healers.

[Kevee]

Yea, Kevee, I realize that too. Its just saddening, I feel like the dependence on bard support is good, in a way, but also...kinda bad, in a way. I hope that makes sense.

I agree.

It's good and bad.

Support needs to be strong to have a place, but it needs to not be so strong as to favor it over another to be able to clear content(2x BRD vs BRD+Another DPS). This was something I was angry about back in the HK days of Rift. There was a huge imbalance between Warrior and Rogue resource management, and they decided instead of making Warrior rely on the BRD/Consumable like Rogue, to just make it so Rogue didn't have to worry about it just like Warrior. I think you SHOULD need something else to be able to do your max DPS, but if you have that you should be able to do it all the time.

The game is balanced around bringing at least 1 BRD, imo, and that I'm fine with because there are 7 other slots to fill. If an encounter was unbeatable without 2x BRDs, or with some other composition, that would be one thing.

However, plenty of SMNs have killed Twintania by now. That shows it's not that big of an issue over the course of the fight, either due to the BRD, MP management, pots, or simply because SMN offers a lot more during Conflag phase, and while Conflagged/Stunned from Dreadknights.

Yenn is acting like it's a HUGE, GAME BREAKING issue, when he himself has downed Twintania(with one BRD).

It's not something preventing us from being in the fight.