HMP Sets, Are They Needed Anymore?

I've noticed with MP being much less of an issue, ive been using +HMP gear less and less and esp on RDM, seems to be the set im ditching the most now.

Is an HMP set even needed anymore?

I think.. just maybe.. you answered your own question

Refresh o' plenty is part of today's Abyssean Age, but while refresh is lovely to have, when you have 1.6k+ MP, an hMP set is nifty to have after a death; doing the obvious of course and making MP while resting faster to gain.

Plus, if you have more than one mage job, you might as well.

Stuff outside of abyssea is about it.. mission fights or walk of echoes about all i can think of....

I'm definitely enjoying the new HMP pieces doing elemental staff trials. Doing regular stuff sure is a cruel reminder of how completely overpowered we are in Abyssea. :(

Definitely this x2. Not having that extra 5 MP/tic really sucks balls doing trials.

If FFXI ever moves out of Abyssea, hMP will still be crucial. I know every point helps in Walk of Echoes, to get MP back up between pulls, or more accurately, before the boss target is under 25%HP when they start spamming TP moves. Morbid Mollasses in particular can burn through mage MP with Shadow-stripping and bypassing Dissolves for 500-900.

While the 15 Refresh from Abyssea is very helpful, I wouldn't say hmp set is crucial in WoE situations. Refresh II, Evokers Roll and regular idle pieces keep up my MP very well in a general BLM pt, I only have to rest on a wipe if it happens really.

If you need one, then you need it. If you don't you don't. I don't get what more there is to it.

I've been AHing mine before it tanks further. Keeping r/e stuff like oracle's set, but extras are gone.

Or 10 or 15 lol.

About the only time I use it up faster in abyssea... I can't rest anyways due to fighting nm with tons of hp that I'm constantly nuking. Or constant pulls of xp mob when I'm on blu. Though all the tanking I end up doing stops me from running out lol

But thanks this reminds me of a whole bunch more space I can make by muling stuff

Make room for HMP stuff in satchel -> take it out when you'r in a situation you might need it?:P