Quote Originally Posted by StouterTaru View Post
What's the argument against using crafted gear with PIE on it again? HP loss for MP gain, some pieces can be a damage increase.
The main argument is just that piety only prolongs the inevitable. The root of the problem is that the MP regeneration over time is not good enough. Piety would only mean that SMN would run out of MP at 5-6 minutes instead of 4-5 minutes. That doesn't matter wsince all FCoB fights are designed to be 10+ minutes long. Also, trading HP for something is not viable in final coil, especially for SMN/BLM due to their already low natural HP pools. All DPS need to have 6k+ health for T13 in order to make surviving AoE damage realistic.