Quote Originally Posted by ErryK View Post
I had a Red Mage in Malikah's Well literally spam Vercure four times after they took 5,000~ damage.

Just let that sink in that they spent 2,000 MP on what is easily healed by Medica II, Indom/Whispering Dawn or Helios/Asp. Helios.

I don't think MP is the issue, I think the player is the issue in this situation.
Although unfortunate in your situation, if you don't even play the class, how can you say that. Literally the post above you suggests that the rdm should just heal themselves if they don't trust the healer.

So which is it? You're bad if you use Vercure or you're bad if you trust that your healer will get you, but they don't so you die and have wrecked mp?

RDM mp right now is the same as it was in STB without a bard, between the increased costs of spells relative to max mp and lucid changes. Scorch adds another burden to mp, tipping the scales to rdm having worse mp economy now than ever. Losing refresh really set us back. You'd think that somewhere in the middle between non-refresh mp rdm and refresh mp rdm would be where a balanced mp economy would be, but nope.

Lucid being on a shorter cool down with lower potency is also contributing to mana issues. Requiring 2ogcd slots, every 2 minutes instead of 1.