Purpose of Mana For Most Jobs?

[Rithy255]

I think the oath gauge is fine because it dictates 3 CD’s of which 2 are only dictated by the gauge for their CD while the third actually has a CD on top of its gauge cost

Arguably the most egregious gauge is SCH’s because while union is stronger and more flexible SGE basically does 99% of the effects of union with a simple CD in soteria

Cover is a bloat useless ability that doesn't even deserve to be on PLD's hotbar even if was off gauge it would still be useless, it was only ever good when it had built in mitigation. It's a holy sheltron and intervention gauge in reality, which can be done by putting it on 2 shared stacks, PLD's the definition of having redundant abilities (cover, Shield bash ect.) and out dated designs such as a oath gauge holding down the job.

It's not really a contest between who has the worse gauge, but I don't want "gauges" slapped onto jobs, I want gauges to actually make the job feel interesting which a lot fail, adding a "mana gauge" is just more visual clutter that I'm not a fan of.