3.01 Patch Notes

[Kiteless]

As a DRK, if the MP bug isn't bothering you, you're not spending as much MP as you should. Period. Any MP you don't end up spending is MP you're wasting.

The MP bug may only be clientside, but it means that we have to be sitting on a large pile of "unspendable" MP if we want to be reliably functional, which is a huge blow to efficiency, and with it, any potential idea of value DRK may have as a class (because we all know we won't be getting any out of utility).

[Ampheni]

I wasn't even talking about 4man groups, I was talking about my experience with MP in 8man groups, had no problem sofar. And I have done both MT and OT plenty of times, and often I tend to spend my MP deliberatly because I feel I got too much of it stored and could do some extra minor damage with it, just because.

Healers would appreciate that you use your mp more generously for mitigation purposes. And I second what Kiteless just mentioned. Being a tank is all about mitigation and holding aggro, you are supposed to be generously dishing out DA+Defensive CDs and DA+Souleater once in a while, I am not saying that managing MP is not important, but when having MP management issue with the bug is just it's quite a bit deal, because it's virtually gimping your job quite a bit if you are not taking advantage of those DA+Defensive cooldowns, they are actually better than how most people put it.

[YISUG]

i'm sure the players who meant to play this normal mode for story not il170 yet

[cgbspender]

I thought they'd implement materias V today, yet I could find no mention of it. Isn't it happening ?

[Evergrey]

Healers would appreciate that you use your mp more generously for mitigation purposes.

Never said I don't spend enouth of it, just saying that I havn't had any problems, or rather noticed a MP drain bug which hurts my usage/rotation.
I have read a few people posting that the Dark Art bug where it only effected 1 enemy instead of several happened from person to person, so maybe this is the same? Idunno, just sharing my story.

[Jimmy-NL]

I really hope this doesn't become a trend :T. AF 2 Cough..cough

If I were to guess I would say that is buyable with the new tomestones in 2 weeks.

Nah they would of at least posted the "weapons" on the item list. Since they took the time to show other things like materials to make new items that I would assume drop in Alexander. It would appear that they plan to have Alexander weapons be a sort of "trophy" for those who can complete the harder version.

You can get ilvl 190 weapon from Ravana EX. This way that didn't become obsolete the moment Alexander was released. So reason to do both for full ilvl 190.

[Niyuka]

Speaking as a DRK with some raiding done already, I can verify that in some setups (any kind of HoT is especially bad) MP is dropping so fast, I can do MAYBE half as much as I can in a normal dungeon. Since DRK defensive abilities seem balanced around the assumption of using Dark Arts to buff them, this is a serious issue causing us to drop even further behind the good tanks.

[KuraiKiserogeru]

Is it me or does this read a lot like we build our own Mount!?

Steam-powered Gobwalker G-VII
Gobwalker Shielding x3
Stuffed Goblin
Garlean Steel Plate x2
Glazenut
Dawnborne Aethersand
Ice Shard x99

[Kiteless]

Never said I don't spend enouth of it,

Yes you did:

just saying that I havn't had any problems, or rather noticed a MP drain bug which hurts my usage/rotation.

[Cyrus-Wallace]

Is it me or does this read a lot like we build our own Mount!?

It's a minion. Check on the item list for that name and you'll find it.