I'm tired so I won't go into detail, but basically you hit the nail on the head. I definately am not a fan of fast battles and fast cooldowns. It makes all the moves feel trivial, instead of being built up to. I hate the way most mmorpgs have turned mages into archers. Spells should take longer to cast the higher their level, and give the tank a true job. In fantasy, everyone knows the knight protects the mage in order to give the mage time to cast anawesome spell.