man do lvl 5 black mage cost a lot of mp... turbo ethers ain't cheap either. what were they thinking not having any kind of 'tent' like item in this?
maybe i should stop using Black Mages :X
A lot of the later classes allow you to easily recoup MP, but at that point physical attacks are just better, because of how easy it is to stack P. Atk. I use spells mainly for utility now, hardly for attacks.