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I went to help a friend get her Garuda whisper, and another SMN came along too. We had a RDM and a BRD with us, so ballad 1+2 and refresh. Something really odd happened.
Both of us had Shiva out. I was losing 2 MP every 3 seconds, and the other SMN's MP was staying completely level, no change whatsoever. I cannot for the life of me figure this out, and neither could any of us. She had an HQ ice staff, while I was using a normal one (because I'm po' .. lol), but that should have accounted for a difference of one MP/tick, not two.
Here were the differences in our equipment:
Boots: I was using elvaan RSE2 boots, she was using SMN AF2
Pants: I was using AF2, she was using AF1
Body: I was using austere, she was using dalmatica. (I have a vermillion cloak but I always swap to austere with an avatar out for the BP timer, plus the perpetuation cost - 1 equals out to be the same as the refresh)
Weapons: As mentioned previously, she had HQ ice staff and I had NQ version. Again, this should have accounted for a 1MP/tick difference, not 2MP/tick.
Everything else was identical in our gear. Well, she also had on a tavnazian ring and I had on an ether ring, but I didn't find that to be a massive difference worth mentioning.
To make this even more odd, she summoned Ifrit after the battle while we were trying to figure out why this happened, and she was losing 1MP/tick rather than staying level, using HQ fire staff. She summoned Shiva again and was staying level still.
For reference, it was a water day and double wind weather.
Any thoughts on why in the world A) She'd be losing TWO less MP a tick than me when the only equipment difference should have accounted for one and B) Ifrit would cost her more than Shiva, all other things being equal?
This is really going to bother me. Any thoughts on the topic welcome.
I went to help a friend get her Garuda whisper, and another SMN came along too. We had a RDM and a BRD with us, so ballad 1+2 and refresh. Something really odd happened.
Both of us had Shiva out. I was losing 2 MP every 3 seconds, and the other SMN's MP was staying completely level, no change whatsoever. I cannot for the life of me figure this out, and neither could any of us. She had an HQ ice staff, while I was using a normal one (because I'm po' .. lol), but that should have accounted for a difference of one MP/tick, not two.
Here were the differences in our equipment:
Boots: I was using elvaan RSE2 boots, she was using SMN AF2
Pants: I was using AF2, she was using AF1
Body: I was using austere, she was using dalmatica. (I have a vermillion cloak but I always swap to austere with an avatar out for the BP timer, plus the perpetuation cost - 1 equals out to be the same as the refresh)
Weapons: As mentioned previously, she had HQ ice staff and I had NQ version. Again, this should have accounted for a 1MP/tick difference, not 2MP/tick.
Everything else was identical in our gear. Well, she also had on a tavnazian ring and I had on an ether ring, but I didn't find that to be a massive difference worth mentioning.
To make this even more odd, she summoned Ifrit after the battle while we were trying to figure out why this happened, and she was losing 1MP/tick rather than staying level, using HQ fire staff. She summoned Shiva again and was staying level still.
For reference, it was a water day and double wind weather.
Any thoughts on why in the world A) She'd be losing TWO less MP a tick than me when the only equipment difference should have accounted for one and B) Ifrit would cost her more than Shiva, all other things being equal?
This is really going to bother me. Any thoughts on the topic welcome.
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