I can confirm Thundara Stun and Blizzara Bind work. Thundara's stun doesn't proc often, but when used in combo you gain the benefit of a much shorter recast time on it which is sweet. Blizzara on the other hand, the Bind procced for me I think every time. I'm trying to remember an instance where it didn't Bind. Can't.

As for the MP costs, they are justified. THM is not meant to be nuking constantly. The idea is when needed, you can burst down an enemy, but for extended fights it's much more about timing. I've top parsed versus every DoW DD in NM fights since the patch, including Archers, by managing my MP, allowing myself ample time to recover MP between nukes, and working around Parsimony.

Anyone can just stand there and spam nukes on cooldown until their MP drains, then wait until it refills, and rinse/repeat. The skill comes in effective timing and efficient use.

In case you guys didn't notice, the new class action designs promote skillful play to maximize efficiency - not spam.

I for one agree with THM staying the way it is now. I look forward to BLM with Convert.