Lack of Potions, Ethers, and other item usage

[Evangela]

This game is lack of item usage due to the expensive potions issue and Phoenix Down is not in the game yet

Is it possible to make it cheaper? or make recipes easier for Alchemist?

[Shyd]

Potions just plain suck. The NQ ones give like 50 hp. Ethers give bout the same in MP.

The amount is no where near enough to be very viable.

Buff the amount of recovery they produce and I would think they would be more useful.

[Sigmakan]

Its not a supply-side issue. The ingreds arent expensive or troublesome. Potions and ethers just arent needed right now. The game is too easy to justify using potions and ethers. Plus they arent very potent.

[Neptune]

I support this. They need to be reasonably priced and set up for wide use.

[Firon]

I think they need to be made viable but not to viable So at least Alchemy can be a good profession in XIV unlike XI.

[Reinheart]

this is same for FFXI, when I used to play FFXI we hardly used potions, most was ethers for some BCNM or w/e

Being able to use healing items should be standard in any RPG... why does it have to suck this badly no one would want to use? lol Gotta drink 10 potions to cover 500hp... and get hit for 600... w

[Laughlyn]

+3 for complete food & pots revamps.

I think SE have mentioned something about doing this before thou.

[Cichy]

When I heard about Alchemist being a full time job I thought potions will be something useful in this game. Boy was I wrong.

[AlexiaKidd]

Yeah I wish that potions would have more of a use within the game. With cross classing cures and fast MP regen though they are pretty much useless. Maybe if they had meaningful attack, def, acc and so on potions they may be of more use.

[Greencactaur]

Well atleast alchemists have shards:X