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I recommend ginger cookies, or wizard cookies if you're rich (comparatively speaking).

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The reason for this being MaxMP is virtually useless when you'r not @ the maximum. So the +50mp from Rolanberries becomes pointless once that 50mp has been used. In most parties you will not likely have time to rest to full anyways. the speed you regenrate MP is the more important factor of maintaing a party.

However, there is a point early on in my opinion where MaxMP is a factor for certain races(namely galka). The problem being your total MP is too low to even maintain more than a fight or even 1 fights worth of healing. In this case (which I would not expect after 21/regen for anyone) I would suggest *Mushroom Stew over Rolanberries or cookies(40mp, MND+4 +4hmp) however this situation will likely never arise for you. Cookies should pretty much be the staple.

MaxMP is more of a BLM soloing issue, where if you do not have enough to begin with after gear, you die. Once your gear accomodates for it (and should be macroed out once intial MP is used) Hmp wins out again. It is the mage equivalent of Haste.


EDIT:
* How did I not think of this -.-

Edited, Jun 5th 2009 8:37am by bimrog

Yeah, but ZiGG, a 3hr food in a Qufim/Kazham party? You've a lot more faith than some of us in not needing that Reraise. ^.-

Another food to note, especially if you're the only enfeebler in the group, is Roast Mushrooms. 30min, +10MP, +2hmp (little less than half a cookie), -1Emnity, and +3MND. Emnity makes you a little less interesting, and the MND helps Paralyze and Slow proc like a beast. And Paralyze is phenomenally mp-efficient when you can get it to proc.

Man I'm jealous, Mushroom Stew on Asura is 6-8k/ea. I only use it for hardcore endgame events where the extra MP & enmity down over Roast Mushrooms will make a significant difference. For exp parties, I generally use Witch Kabobs (HQ Roast Mushroom). Roast Mushrooms & Witch Kabobs are both awesome for exp. I've personally always hated ginger/wizard cookies because they'll often wear off while you're resting or the time it takes to munch one down costs you a tick of resting which defeats the purpose. You're much better using cookies than nothing, but a proper food is vastly superior to cookies even with less hMP because it gives you one less thing to do, and WHM is a busy enough job already.

well mushroom stews are 8k on my server atm but I cut out the middleman :P
if you know anyone with cooking 86+ and they're willing to help you're set.

On my server puffballs are 15k a stack, making for around 35k total supply costs for 12 bowls :P

But I play a lot of whm so I just keep this crap on me all the time :P
(I mean c'mon I also carry a pro-ether/vile elixir/vile elixir +1 with me at all times too :P)