Well I bought cure before th changes and now its mysterysly disappeared...i should complain lol. But yeah curative magic such as Esuna and Cure work wonders BUT when I bought fire which also disappeared after the changes did absolute ****. I was doing 400+ damage with my blade and fire did only 4 damage. Might be different now but I wouldn't recommend it. I've never been a big one for magic anyway.
I am gonna make some spells usable by the second Jobs of all classes. Magic is worth it, because you can heal, and do damage. And spells are cheaper than potions.
I think that students should be alble to use mor magic like some thing that gives a boost of str like going SS or something what u guys think??But like each time u use it it takes all your MP??