10k MP cap..I hate it!!

[JohnSpawnVFX]

RDM is a bit of a MP hog now but it’s totally manageable by using lucid. I don’t get the gripe here. It’s one button.

They took away Diversion, so people now have to look for something else they need to press frequently, to complain about.

[LunarEmerald]

They took away Diversion, so people now have to look for something else they need to press frequently, to complain about.

Implying dps ever bothered with diversion.

[Shurrikhan]

They took away Diversion, so people now have to look for something else they need to press frequently, to complain about.

Press on cooldown rather than having any reason to delay or synergize with other cooldowns, such that the ability could easily have just been absorbed into passive rates with zero change in gameplay except having saved a button slot and needing to weave one fewer skill per minute.*

[Insertcoins]

RDM is a bit of a MP hog now but it’s totally manageable by using lucid. I don’t get the gripe here. It’s one button.

IF the other thread where some guy was crying about one button on gun breaker calling that one key bloat is any clue we're getting ALOT of lazy players.

[Conando]

It’s effectively the same, spells were always just a percentage of your max MP. Like say I’m a Paladin, I can still get those 5 Holy Spirits.

[Rongway]

It’s effectively the same, spells were always just a percentage of your max MP. Like say I’m a Paladin, I can still get those 5 Holy Spirits.

It's not the same. RDM spell costs are 20% higher than they were pre-ShB.

Spell         SB cost    SB cost%    ShB cost    ShB cost%    Change
Jolt              360      2.500%         300       3.000%      +20%
Verstone          360      2.500%         300       3.000%      +20%
Verfire           360      2.500%         300       3.000%      +20%
Veraero           480      3.333%         400       4.000%      +20%
Verthunder        480      3.333%         400       4.000%      +20%
Verholy           600      4.167%         500       5.000%      +20%
Verflare          600      4.167%         500       5.000%      +20%
Scorch           ----      -----          500       5.000%      ----
Vercure           600      4.167%         500       5.000%      +20%
Scatter           480      3.333%         400       4.000%      +20%
Verraise         3600     25.000%        2400      24.000%       -4%

Giving everyone a 10k max MP across the board is absolutely not a problem. It makes things much easier to calculate and is more representative of spell costs since the old spell costs were always a percentage of MP anyway. However, RDM definitely spends more MP% per cast than they did before.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

It's not the same. RDM spell costs are 20% higher than they were pre-ShB.


Giving everyone a 10k max MP across the board is absolutely not a problem. It makes things much easier to calculate and is more representative of spell costs since the old spell costs were always a percentage of MP anyway. However, RDM definitely spends more MP% per cast than they did before.

They probably went up because the cost of verraise went down quite a bit.

[HumanNinjaToo]

I only know the percentage MP gauge, besides my short time playing like 3 years ago, but I think it's effective at keeping MP as a resource that needs to be managed as a caster. I have not unlocked RDM yet, but as BLM I don't find too many issues with running out of MP. If I do, it's my fault for not keeping up my rotation properly. I think maintaining your resources is paramount to competent gameplay, otherwise HP and MP pools are impotent.

[Ardox]

I only know the percentage MP gauge, besides my short time playing like 3 years ago, but I think it's effective at keeping MP as a resource that needs to be managed as a caster. I have not unlocked RDM yet, but as BLM I don't find too many issues with running out of MP. If I do, it's my fault for not keeping up my rotation properly. I think maintaining your resources is paramount to competent gameplay, otherwise HP and MP pools are impotent.

To be fair: Black Mage whole rotation past level 72 is to reach 0 mana.. They also didn't need MP refresh skill either as far as I know..

[HumanNinjaToo]

To be fair: Black Mage whole rotation past level 72 is to reach 0 mana.. They also didn't need MP refresh skill either as far as I know..

Hmmm... I wouldn't know. You are most likely correct. I haven't really looked at the rotation too much for that higher level range. So far, I have seen the Manafont as a BLM tool for restoring MP, however, using UI negates the necessity of it IMO. I wasn't sure if Manafont becomes relevant in higher level BLM rotations or not.