Concerns about " Getting rid of unused and ineffective actions"

[Rikku1987]

Stone 2, not Stoneskin 2, Stone 2 is the DPS skill. As for Thunder 2, the reason that you give is exactly the reason that it is useless. Why is Thunder 3 not a trait for thunder 2? why does it need to be another skill? Having both makes one irrelevant.

I use thunder2(instead of thunder1) on my BLM because damage from procs is definied by what dot is currently on boss and not what cast you use after it proc'd, so proc from it has a higher potency.
thunder3 even more but cost too much mana and cast time is too high (i only swiftcast that)

Also duration is longer than thunder1. I like it more than thunder1 after ice3 for mana to fill up.. also, useing ice3+thunder1+ice4+fire3 isnt always enough time for your mana to fill up(but with T2 it is cause slightly longer cast, but not as long as T3), so for me as BLM main i DO need all 3 of them..