Amount of Eater a Priest truly needs?

[Cactrot]

I was talking to a level 138 Priest friend of mine the other day, and he mentioned that he only has 1 Eater (and a maxed HA/Tele). I asked if that meant he had to pot at Grims, and he told me no. I didn't ask for more detail, like if he had to pot at MDT's and other undeads, whether he had to pot Grims at lower levels, etc.

But it immediately made me think I should have taken HA instead of maxing Eater on my Cleric. HA seems like a nice "finisher" because you can use it to telecast away from the target you're finishing and towards a new one, unlike with Heal.

Anyway, my question is, assuming you didn't give a damn about 2nd job pots, how much MP Eater do you really need not to pot in Clocktower?

[DarkTriangle]

Can't really say... I don't have the experience to know for sure. But, I love mpeater, it means I don't need to buy pots. Ever.

[Gotham]

I've heard that 10 works well enough, but I can't confirm that.

[chunkysalsa]

You probably can but I just don't see much use to HA. Telecasting with it at ludi mobs still makes it dangerous because of surprise hits. If the dk mobs at the bottom then I heal after every single teleport. MP eater is great because even if max isnt needed at 3rd job it makes 2nd job alot cheaper and more akin the cleric stereotype(All of us are rich)

[Deathy]

Well, even with maxed MPE, it doesn't really absorb a great deal of MP from monsters. For clerics/priests, if you didn't max MPE it isn't a big problem as they usually train at undeads without MG.

And by Clocktower, do you mean Pap?

[WhetPaty]

MP Eater can also help stop a monster's magic attack after 3 MP absorption. This can be potentially useful in the future. Max MP Eater also works well if you want to recover your MP as fast as possible to cast another Genesis, assuming you dont spam Genesis unless Infinite MP is casted.

I have talked to a few high level Priests. The ones who maxed it don't use HA at all and some of them regret not maxing Teleport. Others who didnt max it are fine so I dont think they are having disadvantages for not maxing HA.

Originally Posted by Cactrot

HA seems like a nice "finisher" because you can use it to telecast away from the target you're finishing and towards a new one, unlike with Heal.

However, it doesn't really make training faster at all. I can telecast a SR at the end of a mob. Using Heal and then Teleport is really not much slower either.

[DumbMage]

IMO, I think MP Eater shouldnt be maxed. I didnt max my MP eater. Its lvl 15, i used the other 5 SP on Magic guard >< cos i didnt max my MG. The amount of pots i use at grims arent alot. Probably one about every hour.

And to be honest, i dont use HA at grims, only at certian places that are hard to reach.

[jmcdermid2]

Originally Posted by WhetPaty

MP Eater can also help stop a monster's magic attack after 3 MP absorption. This can be potentially useful in the future.

And this effect is detrimental now. It's hard to keep a Grim knockbacked from the right side, but very easy from the left because it pauses to cast magic. Take away the magic, and you'll be killing a lot slower because you need to stop and heal more often.

[Warahyuu]

At higher levels, I don't think MP Eater is useful. I have close to 9k MP so I don't think the pot costs would be hard to handle (if any at all). I maxed MP Eater though, so I wouldn't know. Holy Arrow just didn't appeal enough to me to max it. I left it at level 10.

[WillyThePooh]

MP eater animation takes no time. It's just some stars when u cast the magic. y it lag because of that?