Conjurer dilema: MC yes or no?

[Punti_X]

Dear conjurers (mags, archers and warriors, too),

I am interested in your opinion about current state of MC (Mana communion). Are you using it anymore? And other classes: are you satisfied with mana supplied from MC?
Any sugestions?

Thanx!

[ieti]

I still use it even if it gives around 700 on level 4 it helps others. True conju do not benefit from it because of spell cost. I more rely to Ambigous Sacrifice level 4 and Energy Borrow level 4. Now Synergy Bond is more needed common is on level 2.

[Punti_X]

Would this 203 discipline points and 3 power points be better spent in other disciplines?

[ieti]

I tried to drop whole SM and put full Mana tree. Gained around 300 mana. This in fact do not changed more the situation, maybe even worsed it because Mana Communion helps a bit with regenerating mana of more people. So for now i returned to my pre 1.0.6 setup and only added Energy Borrow(4).

Successfull Energy Borrow(4) --> 600 mana and Ambigous Sacrifice(4) --> 750 so not so bad. Other good spell in SM is Static Field even on level 1 it is good.

[gluffs]

My main char is a knight and from my experience the MC is still needed. Even
tho it got a major nerf it does help alot. At the door when we are banging on
door i need mana for all my knocks dizzy and other tools. Further the
constant buffing i need drains mana to. Sure many conjurers have started to
use Synergy bond wich is nice but even tho they may play good and do their
job very well as a support conju it is hard to make sure all that is banging on
the door gets the mana they need. So in between the areas from the
defenders the MC replenishes my mana pool enough for me to take on
another assult from the defenders.

[Pendalf]

Personally I dropped SM discipline for my lvl50 support conj. Points were added to mana borrow and ambit sacr. As a protest against MC nerfing I do not supply allies with mana anymore. And I don't care what you think about it. Because NGD have thinked about it yet, I'm sure. If I will Synergy Bond all allies who shout "mana" I will die too soon. At least I will heal them to be a bit useful.
Sorry, guys. But now my arsenal increased with mass dispell and mana pylon, enjoy what you have! =)

[monktbd]

I dropped MC for the time being because I cannot spare enough power points for both ambitious sacrifice on at least lvl 3 and MC on lvl 4 without compromising my current setup too much.
Well basically it is a toss up between having MC or MP at a high lvl.

Of course this goes for a lvl 45 conj, at 50 things would look a bit different and MC could still fit nicely into the setup although some other compromises would have to be made to have some more ambitious sacrifice and energy borrow.

[Punti_X]

Imo support conjurer must provide mana because it is as essential as health, so I think we should adopt to this MC nerfing, but other players must be aware of fact that this is problem of all of us, and try to save mana as much as they can (spending it in most effective way). And since MC range is now 6m, they cant expect that I will come to them under heavy fire, they must come to me, and MAYBE try to protect me sometimes (honor to few exceptions).

[Immune]

I still use it, because I know it's not just me. Remember, the enemy is having the same problems you and your realm are.

[e30G]

I'm still using it. It stacks, so I just time my casts to go alongside another MC when I can.

Edit:
I should also add that I think MC was never meant to be the primary mana distribution spell. Think of it this way: when an ally needs HP, do you just cast Greater Healing?