Fists of ____

[Estellios]

It doesn't halt it, stand still long enough in passive and you will start recovering. Pretty much all the game is doing is subtracting your Fists -MP per tic vs. your +MP per tic. Once the + overtakes the - you start recovering MP. As long as you stand still the recovery will gradually pick up.

It should work this way because for example, Fists of Wind has the movement speed bonus even if you are out of battle so it should still "drain" your MP, and the others should work the same for consistency. It's all just something you have to get used to, but as you get higher in level MP becomes less of an issue, and is a complete non-issue with a BRD.

I do, however, agree that we should have some kind of visual effect while the buff is up.