T13 my MP barely moved off 3k until add Phase where I decided I may as well use Blizz II for the extra damage.

With the MP changes it feels like you almost have to TRY to burn your MP. So in a way I guess it lets you focus purely on optimizing your DPS without worrying about resources.

I guess it's an okay Band-Aid until 3.0 since at least you wont have to worry about Ballad at all. Which aside from the extra damage BLM does at least it wont effect the overall dynamics of the party.
i.e.
- Lowering Bard DPS due to Ballad on top of the loss of not using BLM
- Parties that may not even use Bard.