I hate CON post 1:18

[Kinseykinz]

What im getting out of this thread is basically, everyone's fine with the MP changes as long as they're not the ONLY healer in the group. That's the way im reading it because just about everyone is in a team with other Conjurers or Thaumaturges who can backup heal.

That is NOT the way this should go people. A healer should be capable. That means being able to shoulder the burden on their own. Not necessarily easily though. I played FFXI which had a lot longer fights and required superior MP management to even FFXIV. The trick to that was we could recover it somehow. We can't here, other than Siphon MP and Tranquility we're completely on our own. The MP regen is a slow trickle effect while out of combat which is fine, but the costs are so high that I find myself waiting on MP more often than im actually fighting!

These costs only make sense if geared purely towards a well made party. For soloists and pick-up-groups, its downright insulting.

1. Game is still under intense development: Wait until actual White Mage Job comes out and then see if things seem more balanced.

2. 8 people =current maximum party size so GLA+PUG+ARC+LNC+CON+THM+MRD=7 You can double up on any job depending on needs and still have every class represented. If you chose to double up on the CON's, you'd be able to have them nuke AND heal (everyone seems to forget the majority of their spells aren't cures/buffs) but no one is forcing you to. You could also have an extra DD (or tank) and take down the mob faster or spread the hate between the two tanks meaning you'd need less heals in the first place. I also don't think it's unreasonable to think that a THM could throw out a back-up sacrifice in a pinch nor do I believe it unreasonable to have the DD's use one of their HP gaining moves if they need too.

3. If you need mp, just like in ffxi communicate to your party that you are low on MP and disengage and rest. As to using items like (ffxi's juices for MP refresh), well they said they were gonna add descriptions to foods next patch. I wouldn't be surprised if some of foods effects changed from what they are currently.

Oh and just a thought: Bard is one of the Jobs to be released too...maybe they will have a MP refresh ability.

4. While soloing might be more challenging, I've done it on both my CON and THM post patch without issues. I also have yet to be in a pick-up party where MP was a huge issue, provided that other people were playing their classes with at least some competence.