What's the best way to keep your MP up as a spellcaster?

[MetalSnakeXI1]

I'm thinking about getting the Red mage job so I wondered what's the best way to keep the MP up beside guzzling a ton of ethers and Elixirs.

[Jade3173]

Lucid Dreaming is the Role Action that give healers and casters MP. That and having a BRD/MCH in the party with Refresh

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

Lucid Dreaming is pretty much the best answer, yes. I tend to carry HQ Super-Ether, though, in case LD is on cooldown after I had to Verraise a number of people

Black Mage is probably the easiest caster to keep MP up on, though, since it has a built-in Refresh mechanic.

[MetalSnakeXI1]

Lucid Dreaming is the Role Action that give healers and casters MP. That and having a BRD/MCH in the party with Refresh

Does it restore a decent amount or the effect needs to be amplified with stuff like Refresh from a BRD?

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

Lucid Dreaming is a 15 second buff that restores a fairly modest amount of MP. If I'm at 1000 MP or so and almost tapped out, it'll take me back up to half of my bar even while I'm casting.

[Jade3173]

Unless people, including you, are dying left and right and you're Verraising them all, Lucid should be all you need for a fight. BRD/MCH Refresh just never hurts to have

[Rymm]

RDM has the poorest mp regen of the casters but even then, you'll almost never be "guzzling" ethers or elixirs unless you are either dying a lot or rezzing a lot. It's nearly impossible to run dry in 4man content and in trials/raids/etc. good Lucid management should be sufficient to keep you casting.

[Fynlar]

If you diligently use Lucid Dreaming, you should never have MP problems unless you're having to constantly use Verraise (and you *will* have parties where you're constantly using Verraise, so get used to the idea).


Just remember not to Verraise so much that you cripple your ability to DPS. There comes a point where some people are less of a drain to their party's resources if they just remain flat on the ground. If your MP is under half and your Lucid Dreaming is still on cooldown, consider carefully whether to cast that Verraise.


You should not ever need to rely on another party member for MP refresh in order to maintain DPS.

[Canadane]

On long fights, Lucid Dreaming should be used as soon as it's ready from the last time you use it.
Keep it on cooldown.

[MetalSnakeXI1]

If you diligently use Lucid Dreaming, you should never have MP problems unless you're having to constantly use Verraise (and you *will* have parties where you're constantly using Verraise, so get used to the idea).


Just remember not to Verraise so much that you cripple your ability to DPS. There comes a point where some people are less of a drain to their party's resources if they just remain flat on the ground. If your MP is under half and your Lucid Dreaming is still on cooldown, consider carefully whether to cast that Verraise.


You should not ever need to rely on another party member for MP refresh in order to maintain DPS.

I'll try to mostly save my Verraise for when all healers are dead or if we're running really low on DPSes.Otherwise I'll let the rezzing for the healers when they're still in.

Thanks for the advice everyone ^_^.Been trying to experiment with ranged options since some fights like Lakshmi EX sometimes forces you to be away from melee range.

I do have a BRD on level 50 but I've been eager to give Red mage a try for a while