Quote Originally Posted by thunderbreak View Post
I can say the same about the stuff you are saying. Your point is counter intuitive.
All spells involve costs which are inconvenient to some degree. They are intended to motivate you to use those spells in certain ways. Stoneskin II has major benefits over Stoneskin I. It takes much less time and mp to prepare a party. But it is not something you need to use before every minor pull and has its costs, in mp/time, weighted accordingly.