Please reconsider 7.0 BLM changes

[HikariKurosawa]

Except non standard doesn’t break any lore conventions because as I said umbral ice is what restores MP, not channeling ice magic specifically, this is explained in the like level 5 THM quest

If you oppose non standard lines it sounds like you actually oppose skills that facilitate their ability to exist (which is mainly transpose and xenoglossy) because remember the lore states there is no functional difference between xeno and blizzard 4 when in umbral ice because its umbral ice itself that allows for mana regen (same reason astral fire cancels natural MP regen)

You're bending the lore to suit your own narrative. Blizzard 4 is an amazing animation and it should be meta to use it. Also it doesn't matter, because non-standard is dead and gone. It makes sense, it was intentionally squashed because the devs don't want people to take blizzard 4 off their bars just to be meta.

"Cocobani: Controlling the expenditure of your power requires an understanding of aetheric balance. The scales can tip in one of two directions─astrally or umbrally.
Cocobani: When your mind and spirit lean in an umbral direction, your thaumaturgy is affected by a state known as “Umbral Ice.” The potency of your spells is diminished, but they also require less energy to invoke.
Cocobani: On the other hand, a thaumaturge in the “Astral Fire” state will find the potency of his/her incantations enhanced, but at a greater cost to his/her aetheric stamina."

It makes sense to interpret it the way you did, but even with this wording you can interpret it that you have to cast ice spells to actually lean your mind and spirit in an umbral direction. Now that the game system forces you to cast ice spells in order to regain mana, that interpretation becomes truth.

Especially when you consider that transpose doesn't add to umbral ice at all. It switches your current state, and the timer starts to go down. If you use it again, you go into astral fire. Transpose is neither here nor there, it does not lean the mind and spirit in either direction.