Are people overlooking potions?

[Kimura410]

My friend on my raid team started talking about potions earlier. He made a good point. On a tough fight where every buff counts, or a dps race like turn 4, you want the most buffs/dps possible.

So what if everyone popped strength/intelligence HQ mega potions? Then the healers popped hq mega mind potions during high damage dealing enemies like dreadnoughts/caduceus at 5 stacks etc.

Whats everyones thoughts? I mean, I think for those 12-15 seconds, the dps would be absolutely ridiculous. You get a max of 49 pts I think? I experimented earlier with vitality. For hq mega vitality I think it was 20% (max 69). I sit at 484 vit at 6295 HP with food buff, and when i popped the potion, I was at 547 vitality with 7100 HP.

Imagine the damage the dps would do with that amount of a buff. If one person did it, maybe not much of a difference, but the whole team buffs on these hq mega potions, I think that would make a noticeable difference, especially for the toughest phases of the fight.

[Sleigh]

In my raid group it's common practice to pop potions when DPS is needed for a burn phase. Any good DPS should have a stock of Mega-Potions at their disposal.

Hell, I even pop one during each boss when I can in WP/AK. Some people think that's wasteful, but it's noticeable enough that I'll shell out the gil to speed up the run. Not much else to spend money on these days ...

[SolusekRo]

Yes! Finally people understand! I've been singing this toon but no one chimes in!

[Kimura410]

Well I learned my lesson. I often see people claim how bad they suck and how useless they are, but when I actually did the math it blew my mind. Especially when you are pretty progressed in the game and have endgame gear. Every point added to your attributes are big, but to add 47 to your dps or 69 to your vitality is insane. Well I still dont see a real benefit to the vitality boost for only 12 seconds or so, a defensive boost would be great for us tanks, but even as a tank popping strength my dps will be significantly greater on a dps race.

The potions are 500-1000 gil for hq dexterity/int/mind/ and strength, which i really think justifies the price if it gets you past the tough phases of a turn. Who cares if you can only use it once per fight or its only a 12 second buff? Is that any different than a cool down? This is imo a massively beneficial cool down that costs a bit of gil. Worth it.

[ish007xx]

i have a full stack of HQ mega strength potions and use them especially for T4-T5 comes in great for that extra dps

[MassEffect007]

+1 on hitting this. Potions were a must in most of the Final Fantasy games. I used some during some dungeon runs which saved my little Lalafell arse plenty of times.

[Ksenia]

I can see a Whm popping a mega-potion of mind, then popping presence of mind for 3 or 4 over powered heals but I don't know if it would be something that could turn the tides in a battle gone wrong or not.

Most issues in FF14 combat are latency related and even if you had the desire to maneuver like that it would be too late.

[killergerms]

I always use potions and it increases my dmg significantly +1 to this thread

[zdub303]

For Int and Mnd the pots are pretty useful and cheap. Str and especially vit pots are prohibitively expensive for many though (pudding flesh is lol and shark oil can get pricey to get the mats for). Kind of wish they would rebalance the material costs for str and vit pots.

[sylin]

I use potions routinely, how can you not its saved me from death MANY times