Does Anyone Use Medicine?

[Burnunit]

I was in Ultima Hard Mode, and the other healer wasn't that great with MP management. So, he kept bothering the Bard for Ballad, but the Bard was out of MP himself because of Ballad. So i told the Bard to use an Ether, then Battlevoice + Ballad, but he said he doesn't carry them. I told the other healer to pop an Ether then, he said he didn't carry them either.

I carry them, but only use them for emergency situations, but I was wondering if anyone else feels the game mechanics don't really push people to feel the need to carry meds.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

in what content? O_O

[Dashuto]

I believe everyone can go without them. They're not really a true part of the mechanic with how restrictive their recasts are.

That said, I carry all of them on myself, and I even pop stat potions during some zergs and occasionally a potion or ether type when particularly stressed during a dungeon, like someone messing up a pull or things getting really hairy somehow. I suspect this is basically how the OP does it as well by their description.

[Crimson-Falcon]

i wonder what that bard is doing to run out of MP?

was mage ballad up in the whole fight?

[Burnunit]

i wonder what that bard is doing to run out of MP?

was mage ballad up in the whole fight?

The other healer kept asking for Ballad, and when the Bard ran out of MP, the healer got mad and kept demanding Ballad (I assumed the other healer didn't know Ballad costs the Bard MP)

[Rex]

The other healer kept asking for Ballad, and when the Bard ran out of MP, the healer got mad and kept demanding Ballad (I assumed the other healer didn't know Ballad costs the Bard MP)

Sounds like your WHM was the issue here and needs better MP management.

[Crimson-Falcon]

The other healer kept asking for Ballad, and when the Bard ran out of MP, the healer got mad and kept demanding Ballad (I assumed the other healer didn't know Ballad costs the Bard MP)

guess the healer is bad then

im a healer and did ultima HM but didnt ask for more than 2 mage ballads in the entire fight

only ask for it wen shroud not up and out of MP once i get shroud CD up i tell the BRD to stop mage ballad

[Shneibel]

ppl should carry those, as they get use to mp management the less situation they will need those Ether or mega potion BUT if you are happen to land in a deep situation, a potion can give you enough mp for 1 or 2 cure II for exampler.

[SpookyGhost]

Shouldn't be up to the Bard to make up for the WHM's (I assume) mistakes. While potions are good, you tend to not actually "need" them until T5 of Coil - most people don't carry them around for that reason. They're not exactly ~costly~ but there's typically no use in carrying them around as most groups don't need you to pop one to clear the fight, whatever it may be. It's simply a question of how often you'll use that thing and if it's worth to gil to get that thing and, in this case, it's not. Though, of course, if you're nice enough to have them on hand for people that's cool too, nothing wrong with being generous and helping the group.

[Dano]

I pop a mega strength potion on snake adds in T5 if I see them not dying fast enough.