I chose BRD for swift gameplay, if I wanted to cast I would have chosen a Mage.

[Raist]

I should of been more clear. I felt turning it off would of been a given. Sorry.

If you've passed the 15 second cooldown you can turn it off. Then you have to wait another 15 seconds to put it back up.

It has thrust a potentially highly frustrating mechanic onto the more traditional BRD's.

And to add fuel to the fire... the damage increase is NOT a whopping 30%. As I noted in a previous post--AA's can pick up most if not all of the gains from switching modes during the lower levels, which is not balanced against the potential negatives for using it (be that in-game risk or heightened blood pressure). AA's can be around 50% of some of the common WS damage used in the kit---and they will fire between the WS cooldowns. Overtime, it can pick up a considerable amount of the slack (if not overcome it) between the 30% modifier with WM versus no WM.