Why is the res buff only 15 mins?

I thought it became a 30 minute buff at level 10 (or somewhere in between)?

I actually don't mind the duration much. It's a small price to pay for such an epic skill. Plus the speed of casting is pretty fast in comparison to other 'OSHI' types of skills, so you can buff in a hurry if people are about to die.

And tbh...if you're in a squad where the buff needs to be active constantly, well... b:shutup

Yulk - Raging Tide wrote: »

Only? Because if it were longer people could just ignore mystics and not take them in squads. Oh pls just be my buff **** and buff and we'll leave you sitting at the teleport stone while we invite a real support class.

Pls, get out of here, mister troll -.-

Yes, it already happened to me twice to be seen as a buff slave in a FC squad, but pls don't say that we aren't worth anything, you're just the most famous troll of our forums and 1. you're just aggravating those of us who know the class and know what effing troll you are or 2. You're giving bad ideas and misinformations to newbies who would like to play this class, so in both cases pls go away.

First squad it happened, I had only buffed myself and the cleric, and was keeping us both buffed all the time (and this is how I always do). The bm was harassing me to get my res buff, and so she was yelling at the sin cause she had missed BP. I told her I wouldn't buff her since it costs alot, has a CD, and that if the dies, the cleric is there, and that after all, that's how ppl used to do before Mystics were even there. Then she died stupidly at dragons (and she wasn't even our puller) and started yelling at me with insults saying how bad and lazy I was to not have buffed her, that's she's gonna lose soooo much exp cause the cleric cannot drop BB just to res her. (and after all it was her own fault)
Then, after this the cleric res her, we rebuff, and she starts harassing me again for my res buff and I just ignore her this time.She starts insulting me harder and pisses off everyone in the squad. The biggest issue is that she had the lead -.- So none could have kicked her. The barb pm'd me saying how he felt for me and left the squad telling me to do the same.

Second squad, the barb told me... to res buff everyone o.o Gawd, how were ppl doing before Mystics ? Was I gonna spend 22.8k mana every 15 mins to use my lvl 10 resurrect on everyone ? b:bye Thankfully, I explained to him how costly and useless it was to buff anyone else than the cleric and maybe myself (I also would buff the tank happily in hard instances but certainly not in FC) and at least he understood and didn't harass me...

I think I remember someone saying that in the CN version they eventually changed it to 30 mins, with a decreased mana cost. Dunno if that stuck or not though.

I wouldn't mind the mana cost if it lasted 30 minutes. Below 75, it's really not easy to keep up with res buffs, especially if the squad isn't willing to wait for you to regen mana before pulling a boss or more trash. At least if it lasted half an hour, those rare squads without a cleric wouldn't be so unbearable, having to res buff everyone every 15 minutes (which takes a full 3 minutes to pull off...and let's face it, even if people want my res buff, they're not exactly patient about letting me buff everyone). b:sad

Edit: Got ninja'd by Vixter x)

Cenire - Sanctuary wrote: »

^This.

And yes, the buff is pretty epic, but I've ran into many parties that were clericless (especially for BH), so I had to buff EVERYONE in the squad with the res buff. And knowing that it only lasts 15 mins is a real pain.

Another related drawback is the pressure on the team when thay have only 11-12 minutes of fight time after you finish rez'ing everybody. They need to jump directly into fighting, which leaves the mystic temporarily standing there trying to rebuild their mana pool.

b:shutup necro

I'm pretty sure that it lasts 30 minutes despite what it states o.o

Can anyone confirm this?

Personally I wish the rez buff couldn't be purged like certain TB buffs.