[Harrison]

For the first couple weeks I never bothered with this but decided to try it out last night while exping. OMG it's friggin sweet. Almost makes me cry though because my Gaudy Harness which has been through so much with me is almost not needed anymore. I wish I would have paid more attention to the number sanction refresh will go to but if I remember correctly I think it stopped refreshing me at about 130 MP when I had an even 200 MP which is spectacular. Add that with the great exp I've been getting in the expansion areas and I really have to thank SE for making a great expansion that really boosts my enjoyment of Beastmaster.

My favorite thing about it though, going BST/NIN with dual rune axes in Beseiged is awesome. Now I can wear my Hauberk and still get the +10 attack and Regen effect from the dual rune axes. Helps a ton in beseiged because the lag is so bad it's hard to cast spells (at least it was for me). Before I'd die regularly in Beseiged as /WHM, but going as /NIN with dual runes I haven't died once.

BTW, does anyone know how long sanction actually lasts? I assume you can extend the time by going up in rank similar to signet.

[Firedevil]

It lasts 3 hours, but you can bump that up by raising your rank.

[Graelinn]

Yes, while XPing in Halvung/Mt. Z i was using Refresh Sanction every time. With the amount of downtime it saves you your are able to make back your 100 IS quite easily.

As Firedevil stated, it does go up when you hit the next Private Class, though i have not seen an exact time that it increases by. Perhaps 1 more hour? I haven't used it lately because my XP camps don't really need it. Halvung is not nearly as good as a few other camps now that i am 75 and meriting, and Refresh isn't as vital/needed as my drive to get 20k IS is =) (4k to go to Turban)

Some SMNs i have PTd with at the Imp Camp have also used it. Its not that vital there either (espeicially with two 75 SMNs in the PT to trade resting time between) but it is still quite nice. It will be a sad day if our Candy Scents ever gets yoinked.

[Harrison]

3 hours isn't too bad then. I rarely exp for any amount of time longer than that. Still need two more assault missions to get next rank. First week it was easy talking friends into doing assault, now all the sudden they are distracted with other things which is too bad since I love assault. Guess I'll resort to pick up groups.

[hitaro]

It is too bad that sanction bonus don't work outside of the TOA areas... really a shame ><

You won't get imperial points or conquest points while fighting outside of TOA areas if you have sanction.

[Wes311]

Newb to BST only level 16...what is this Sanction Refresh? I am assuming its one of the merits that allows you to use Gaudy Harness and whatnot to refresh MP?

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by Wes311

Newb to BST only level 16...what is this Sanction Refresh? I am assuming its one of the merits that allows you to use Gaudy Harness and whatnot to refresh MP?

Sanction is basically the Signet for the Aht Urghan areas. When you talk to the gate guard in Al Zabi or Nashmau to get sanction, he'll give you the option of getting a bonus for the price of 100 Imperial Standing points. There is Regen, Refresh, and extended food duration. If you pick the refresh, you basically get a latent auto refresh that will refresh your MP 1 per tick til it reaches a certain percentage. The Gaudy Harness has a laten refresh that is similar but only works up to 49 MP then shuts off. BTW, you can stack the gaudy harness refresh with the sanction refresh and get 2 MP per tick til 49 MP but I don't even bother. With the refresh received from sanction, I usually have more than enough MP to eliminate downtime.

There has always been a trick that a BST can wield one or two Rune Axes which have a latent effect +5 Attack and 5HP Regen while the weapons are drawn. The latent is triggered by using MP. It used to be if you wore a gaudy harness which refreshed your MP you it keep the latent active since the harness would give you back mp while the axes consumed it. With the ability to get refresh from sanction, now there is no need to wear the gaudy harness making a BST/NIN wielding 2 Rune Axes rather good since you'd have +10 attack from both axes and 10 HP Regen ever other tick from the axe latent, and still be able to wear your Hauberk/Haubergeon/Other better armor than gaudy.

The only catch is that it only works in Aht Urghan areas. Signet doesn't work there and Sanction does't work in areas under conquest (every other area besides the expansion areas).

[Suichi]

Wow, Sanction gives Refresh?


...What? News to me. <.<

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by Suichi

Wow, Sanction gives Refresh?


...What? News to me. <.<

You have to pay a 100 IS points, but yes. The guard asks you if you want one of the three bonuses everytime you get sanction. The Refresh is a latent (so is Regen) in that it shuts off at a certain percentage, but it's over 50%. If you are doing the rune axe trick, then it doesn't even matter since your MP will always be flipping between 1 and 0.

[hitaro]

It's probably a bug or what not, but it seems if you refresh your sanction before it expires, you do NOT need to pay the 100 IP to KEEP the chosen sanction bonus. That being said, you'll need to have purchase this bonus previously.

I have NOT test this out personnally. This happen to a party member. He didn't purchase the regen effect when he refresh his sanction but he was getting auto-regen.

Maybe, the auto-regen from previous sanction haven't expired? Or he is playing a trick on us... who knows...

[Akai]

my bro got the refresh for his drk, it owns....but the food saction bonus really pwns the socks off of refres @_@ really pulls every drop of gil out of the sushi T_T 80k on rag for sole

[hitaro]

how long does food bonus extend the duration of the food?

[Kaindar]

This effect is worth every bit of the 100 IS it costs. I havent ever needed to rest while exping at my new hangout Mount Zhayolm. Also stacks with Gaudy Harness below 49 MP. End up getting about 8-10kXP/Sanction session. Very nice!

[Donutchef]

I really can't give definite numbers on the food duration increase effect, but it did make my Red Curry last 5 hours- I don't know if this is affected by the number of times Al Zhabi succeeds in defending itself in Beseiged, like the other bonuses, or whether the increase is a constant increase based on the original duration of the food, but a 5 hour Red Curry is just plain awesome.

[Ouijaman]

Oh God! I love this sanction refresh bonus. Managed to keep charming/fighting w/o even using /heal (maybe only when i try to recast reraise).

I noticed that it stops at a certain percentage of MP. W/o MP+ gear, I have 106MP and refresh stops @ 91 MP. Stops @ 85% of Max MP? idk