Recommend Food for WHM19

[Tomoh]

As RDM and BLM, I've always eaten Apple or Melon Pie.

As WHM, I've started eating Goblin Choco for Healing MP+2. I also mix my own Pine Juice.

What do you recommend at this level?

[riceburner4540]

roasted mushrooms or witch kabobs. basically like the chocolate you eat except with +mp and +mnd. i think roasted shroom gives +10 mp, +2 mnd, and +2mp/tick recovery, not sure. as a blm, i use melon or apple pie +1, which is the same as the regular version except it adds +5mp, +1 int, and +2 mp/tick recovery (lasts 1 hour) in addition to what the regular pies give. this is simply awesome, especially when i use it as whm. literally never-ending mp (around lvl 36ish). for a cheaper alternative to +1 pies, grab sweet rice cakes. 17mp, 3 int, 2mp/tick, 30 minutes.

[inspyral]

If your mp pool is on the low side, you might want to consider the pies that give you a bit more mp. In most cases, the +2 medding mp and +3 MND from Roast Mushrooms may be more useful since you'll seldom be at full mp anyway.

[Rones]

For the lower lvls I found +mnd food to be pretty worthless as there was more than enough +mnd equip to reach overkill already. So I had trouble justifying the cost of roast mushrooms verus goblin chocalate or hobgoblin chocalate.

[Arturo-B]

I used Roast Mushrooms for the +mp on top of the regen for many levels, and then Witch when I could afford them. At lower levels the mp is nice, as is the mind if you need to enfeeble. Of course the +mp/rest is greatness, and the most important factor, but it's a good balanced food.

At higher levels, I've accepted that without ees my enfeebles will rarely if ever stick, and my mp is already pretty sufficient. Now I use Hobgoblin Chocolates for mp regen, because at this point it's all about mp regain.

At 19 I'd go with Roast Mushrooms. Few parties search out a rdm, and fewer will have one that's skilled, so you'll probably be picking up most of the enfeebles.

The mp from pies is a waste, because you don't need the int, and the mp does you no good compared to the balance of mushrooms. 10-20 additional mp is < the mp/rest in my opinion. This is doubly true if one has something like astrals.

[Tifa]

yup witchkabobs if you feel like spending the extra gil, if not, go with roasted mushrooms. about 360 a piece on Ifrit

[Tomoh]

Thanks for the replies. I'm gonna go with Roasted Shrooms since my cooking skill is 45 and I have most of what I need to make them myself. Making 12, I came out with 2 Witch I'll use those for really effecient PTs.

I've also noticed that in about 2/3 of the JP PTs that I'm in, everyone eats the best food and mages drink at least Pine Juice.

[samskeyti]

I think Pies are a better choice until at least level 30.

The benefit of MND isn't very noticeable as none of the monsters will be very resistent to debuffs even with a 'C' rating. The increase to Cure III is negligable. Melee can get away with poorly rated weapons up til about this level (THF with Sword/H2H). The same holds true with magic resists.

HMP is nice, but isn't needed until the MP pool is large and it take forever to regen it.

I think you're probably better off just going for a bigger MP pool. Pie!