Quote Originally Posted by Archwizard View Post
While we could separately use a barrier skill, part of the point of the exercise is that we have limited ability to recover MP as often as we need it. Attaching it to yet another lengthy CD is counterproductive to this point
Having a lengthy cooldown is no different to ranged using Refresh on the group every 3mins (or whatever it is). RDM just having a second way to recover MP (outside of Lucid) is far from counterproductive as depending on the amount it restores or how the action is rewarded, it could very well give the job the respite it may require. AST is another job that can suffer with MP issues after being revived if Lucid is unavailable and RNG isn't bringing a Ewer, so the problem is not exclusive to RDM. Other jobs may also get more actions or ones with a stronger effect (e.g. buffed Mana Shift) to assist allies with recovery, building more on the party concept as opposed to self sufficiency. Moving forward though, RDM may not get any additional MP recovery action at all and at that point you'd just have to suck it up and make do as it is for another full expansion. We will just have to wait until the live letter and see what is revealed though...