Psychics = MP Whores?

well, our skills have pretty High Mana costs, they cast pretty fast,
combining that, is that our Mana goes down rapidly and donst have time to recover that much

thats what i have Seen, but well, im still lvl 19

Glowfish - Lost City wrote: »

yeh, i drink MP like it's water. I don't use MP charms though that would just end up way too expensive. just buy your pots in bulk b:victory

Quote for truth.

Yeah, psychics blow through MP incredibly quickly. Glowfish has the right idea too.

Personally, I also got a lot of +MP Recovery gear, and it has really helped. IIRC, my level 48 psychic has like +12 MP Recovery from gear.

P.S. I don't think "MP whores" is the right phrase for this. "MP guzzlers" might be more apt.

I have pots up the yin yang, and one genie skill that actually works very well. Dampen Magic Curse--it's generally a mana drain skill, but there is a chance that you can recover mp. Someone pointed it out to me and while it doesn't kick in as often as I'd like, it's a godsend when it does.

(Warning--it's very affinity-point heavy)

What a tittle . . . (the thread)

Anyway it not so bad compared to cleric have to eat mp like crazy because they need to buff and heal.
We eat mp fast because we spam skill so fast. -_- . .
And we don't have mp recovery skill . . -_-a

I don't find psy that much a mp burner since in bh and fbs, I space my attacks and double spark so it's not that bad. For grinding, I rest a lot, but my killing speed sort of make up for the rest time comparing to other classes.

I'm pure magic and I gave up on mp pots a long time ago, they don't even regenerate 1/8 of my total mana, so not that useful... resting is better I find. I use a lot of jade powder and focus powder or the stronger version of the apo for tt runs.

I save on mp in bh/fb instances just due to the amount I have to throttle back my damage. Other than that I find I use less mana than a cleric.

I keep the apoth skill up to make my own powders.

In reply to this thread, I would have to agree we eat Mp, but in ways we don't. A psychic can choose what type of spells they wish to cast. For instance, a DoT spell would cause less mp loss, yet impact the Mob/Player. If potted/Food Even a mp charm, you can avoid spend loads of money, also battles with a psychic should never last long. So if you were to compare a Psychic to another class that takes a minute to kill a mob, as for a psychic only 30 seconds. Then you would just be looking at getting your job done sooner then everyone else, not necessarily being a "Mana Eater".

*Headdesk*

All arcane classes have a pretty damn high MP requirement, because well.....they're magic classes. They can't do **** without MP.

Wizards, clerics, and psychics have about the same MP requirement. I go through MP in an instance about as fast as a cleric spamming Ironheart. Venomancers would be on the list, if not for their MP recovery skills.

As stated go arcane pure magic and the recovery is decent. Also as a Psychic you very rarely get hit so staying in robes is no problem.

Well from lvl 1 to 33 so far I rarely get hit. The times I do is when I attack an MR mob when not paying attn.

AngelOfLies - Heavens Tear wrote: »

coming from a lvl 84 cleric who has 7.5k mana and a lvl 61 psy who has 3.8-4k mana. my cleric uses lvl 75 event pots. 5k mana back, psy uses 3k mana ones. my psy went through 50, 3k mana in 2 days b:cry cleric went through 20 5k in a week b:laughb:surrender so psys mana useage IS worse than a clerics

Your MP usage is less because you're not DDing to the limit while healing several people at the same time. That takes a cleric's MP consumption above any other class. If you're only sparingly DDing, then no duh your MP usage is less.

AngelOfLies - Heavens Tear wrote: »

for the record, im guessing u have a high lvl cleric or u wouldnt have said that b:chuckle, i dont have fast channeling only -9% but IH channels very fast, and considering i spam like hell in bh, purify, wellspring, stream of rejuv. and i use mana like hell on cleric its a known fact that clerics use mana like crazy, im just saying its worse on my psy, and he has 2k less then cleric so i cant really compair them, it was just worse than my clerics at that lvl. and i dont dd in bh, rarely on bosses, even rarer on mobs. cause im usually only cleric, and i dont feel like dying and running back to town, becuase barb's gear is hell, or i have sin who oracled to 89

Oh I agree, it's not AS bad if you're just doing support. But yeah if you try to DD at the same time... It's terrible. b:surrender I mourn for the MP charms I've eaten between my cleric and Psy. b:cry

Here, lets put this to rest being that I have a psy and a cleric with all their skills in the max range.

PvE - when your tank is holding aggro the psychic's mp use is less than half that of a cleric as far as mp/sec if the cleric is doing their job right.
On the other end, on things like Frostland and Rebirth where the Psychic will likely be pulling a decent amount of aggro (unless they're undergeared or not a pure mag build) if the psy has soul of vengeance up, the mp usage is going to be approximately the same as a cleric due to the quantity of reflects. So, once sage/demon skills are out, Psychics may become the most mana-hungry class, but for the moment no.

PvP - Clerics use far more mana when being attacked, which guess what, they will be attacked, they're clerics, the numbers likely to be attacking the psychic (soul of vengeance or no) won't affect the Psy's mana anywhere near the damage that will be done to a cleric's mana with plume shell up. If the devs were looking to make the psychic a mana eater for increased profits, they've a long way to go to compare to clerics in pvp situations if they're looking to even it out.

Simple answer, clerics use mp far faster than psys.

All magic classes burn MP. Ways to alleviate it are through apoc pots and charms. Next thread pls b:bye