Quote Originally Posted by Majidah View Post
It's almost impossible for an arcanist to run out of MP unless he's healing, DPSing and DoTing at the same time. And I said this because I've done it when in party with a bad conjurer. And even then it was only in a boss fight.

Bottom line, if you are an arcanist who is running out of MP under normal circumstances... you are at fault.
I guess you aren't playing the class to it's fullest then, because with the dpsing and DoTing alone you'll be spending more mp than you get get back from the cooldown ability, oh and don't mention energy drain and it's enhanced trait, as once you get fester you'll be using your aetherflow charges on fester instead of energy drain for more damage. On top of that keeping up Bio II Bio 1 Thunder I and Miasma I costs quite a lot of mp at higher levels. Now i'm not saying it's a massive mp sink compared to how much you get back but if you use the aetherflow CD as soon as it comes back up you'll notice you are spending more over time than you are getting back, so in really long fights you'll eventually go out of MP unless you stop using ruin and that just means you are doing less damage.