Inuyasha said:
so...besides like...not having perp- on it...is it good for SMN instead?
Sorry for the bump, so rarely look at these forums...
In a party situation where meleeing with staff would be a stupid move (TP feed, risk of getting killed by AoEs etc), I wouldn't use it. However, while soloing and meleeing, it's unbelievable. I was able to use both Blood Pact Rage and keep Hastega up without dropping below 1000 mp (outside abyssea). A decent Myrkr build on SMN would put you at around 400mp restored per 100 tp. However, I was pulling hate off my Avatar quite a bit (extra damage from the staff + ODD). So, if you're the kind of SMN who likes to melee, go for it, you will be getting better MP management with this than Perp- staves, provided you have the right setup for it. Inside Abyssea, it was doing around 500 mp per 100 tp. I don't use MP atma, or Refresh atma on SMN, but do have all 6 Merit Abyssites.
But since this is the BLM forum, I seriously never used it on BLM. I tried brewing with it (openning with 300 TP Myrkr), and the AM didn't proc at all on Vidohunir, so use Pluto's/Yama's instead. So, as a BLM, I would avoid it, the Damage staves are the way to go.