Quote Originally Posted by Nixxe View Post
Mana is basically meaningless to BLMs during Umbral Ice when they'd be casting Thunder anything and Thunder II and III are only casted with the use of Thundercloud anyway, which makes them cost nothing. Ruin II's mana cost is obviously to discourage unnecessary use of it, as well as it having a different effect[...]Merging things like Stone II and III or Malefic I and II by turning the latter into a trait that enhances the former is a fine and sensible way to reduce redundant binds and abilities, but we should not get overzealous and start trying to merge every ability just because they're kind of similar or have similar names, even if they're actually quite different.
Sorry, but mana for Arcanist, Scholar (I speak for this job, really) and Summoner is very easy to manage. So this excuse is not admissible for me.
I don't see the problem at all. In fact, it's been a long time I have removed Ruin from my hotbar.