Hey all,

Upon doing a bit of research into what I thought was a completely dead healing stat I discovered the following:

Piety does two things, despite only saying one. Not only does it increase your maximum MP, but also increases your passive in and out of combat MP regen. In other MMORPGs, MP regen has traditionally been given its own stat, in FFXI it's simple:

While in combat you regen ~2% of your maximum MP every ~2-3 seconds.




Here are two examples of numbers used in a 10 minute Titan fight.

A healer with 4,000 mp will regen ~16,000 mp over the course of the 10 minute fight passively.

A healer with 4,800 mp will regen ~19,200 mp over the course of the 10 minute fight passively.


If you a scholar, here is the difference (assuming you're using Aetherflow every minute.)

A scholar with ~4,000 mp will regen ~16,000 mp over the course of 10 minutes PLUS ~10,000 from 10 aetherflows.
TOTAL MP REGENED: 26,000

A scholar with ~4,800 mp will regen ~19,200 mp over the course of 10 minutes plus ~12,000 from 10 aetherflows.
TOTAL MP REGENED: 31,200


Just some food for thought now when you're choosing which stats you want to prioritize when choosing your equipment. If you choose to put half of your attribute points into Piety, and choose accessories and a weapon that boast piety you could very well end up with an extra 4000-6000 MP at your disposal over the course of a 10 minute fight.

I suppose in a perfect world we could all just put our points into mind and have bards refresh us whenever we would like -- but let's face it, those bards aren't always terribly worried about our MP status!