advice needed. MP shortage

[Laume]

I just did garuda recently (storyline version) and the first castrum DF fight for the main storyline. I've noticed that if I'm healing a pld, I have no problems. But when I'm healing a war/mrd, I find that I run out of mp usually around 1/2 to 1/4 of the main mob's life. I've been stacking mnd gear hoping that more hp healed per cure would offset the the mp cost but I'm either doing it wrong or that isn't working out. Any have any good advice?

[SzaaKarna]

my philosophy is to keep regen and stoneskin up on the tank and dps and you shouldnt need to use too many cures- pop shroud of saints whenever you can - when you do need to cast cure, make sure you use the lowest tier that will do the job - preferably 1 so you can take advantage of free cure - dont medica unless absolutely essential

[Bigpurpleharness]

I just did garuda recently (storyline version) and the first castrum DF fight for the main storyline. I've noticed that if I'm healing a pld, I have no problems. But when I'm healing a war/mrd, I find that I run out of mp usually around 1/2 to 1/4 of the main mob's life. I've been stacking mnd gear hoping that more hp healed per cure would offset the the mp cost but I'm either doing it wrong or that isn't working out. Any have any good advice?

Use regen. If a tank bitches, inform them to they can click it off if it's still up when they go to pull. If they still bitch, tell them to stop sucking so it's so necessary. A good tank has no regen issues anyway.

Of course, with your issue, without seeing your gear and how you play, as well as the tank's, we can't see what the problem is.

I will say this, WHM has more MP issues than SCH, and WARs are worse tanks than PLD on the eHP side of things, even including healing.

[Laume]

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I almost always keep regen on the tank (and other melee's when I have the free time). Stoneskin I don't usually have a chance to cast during battle. It seems like it comes off almost immediately when the tank gets hit by a boss-type mob. Not to mention the casting time is so long, a lot of times the tank will be near death (from full health) when I cast stoneskin.

[Purutzil]

My advice would be to utilize Shroud (MP regen effect if I recall) and to focus on mana efficinecy. Every time you over-heal, you are basically wasting mana away. Larger heals will take a lot more MP to achieve less of a result then say 2 heals of a lower level heal. Its all about balancing out your mana usage and limiting your large MP drains for emergencies and minimizing the over-healing you do.

[BrodyAlgana]

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I almost always keep regen on the tank (and other melee's when I have the free time). Stoneskin I don't usually have a chance to cast during battle. It seems like it comes off almost immediately when the tank gets hit by a boss-type mob. Not to mention the casting time is so long, a lot of times the tank will be near death (from full health) when I cast stoneskin.

Don't use regen on DPS unless you ABSOLUTELY have to. If they take a random AOE hit, heal them with a cure 1, if that doesn't top them off, they don't need to be topped off - they aren't the one tanking - they SHOULDN'T be taking much damage except random hits, others they should be dodging. Using this philosophy you have the chance to proc free cure more too for Cure 2's on your tank if needed.

[Mariwanna]

Thank you for the suggestions. I am now lv 41 with my WHM and after getting that Saint's Shroud ability at lv 38 it has been a lot better. I personally only use regen on the dps when I don't have a chance to heal them because I am focusing on the tank. I also think my problems were resulting from my gear and/or the tank's gear being too weak. Once you have a geared group, healing is a breeze and I will always like it better than tanking.

[Creltis]

I'd also recommend leveling up Thm in order to get access to Swiftcast. Its very usefull for a 'oh shit I need my largest cure now without a cast time' moment. Or when idiot dps stands in the fire and we need to quickly get them back up.

[Jarlax]

I don't have issues, stoneskins mp cost= cure II mp cost. Cure II heals 1k health on avg stoneskin is a 20% rune on target so if target has less than 5k health its a waste. Regen tank and melee dps taking melee ae damage or anyone not taking constant damage and let them regenerate. Cure1 and regen on tank use divine seal during spike damage NOT bigger large MP cost heals

[Bigpurpleharness]

I don't have issues, stoneskins mp cost= cure II mp cost. Cure II heals 1k health on avg stoneskin is a 20% rune on target so if target has less than 5k health its a waste. Regen tank and melee dps taking melee ae damage or anyone not taking constant damage and let them regenerate. Cure1 and regen on tank use divine seal during spike damage NOT bigger large MP cost heals

18%, but yeah even then it's not efficient for use in battle unless it's to save a big hit when your MP is overflowing, you're right.