Talk:Symbolic Posture

And this is better than Mantra of Inscriptions how, exactly? I'm thrilled with the other new FC skills, but... 149.169.109.183 19:30, 23 September 2006 (CDT)
 * It recharges one signet faster than Mantra of Inscriptions ever will. --Ufelder 07:06, 26 September 2006 (CDT)
 * capped at 16 it should hit 84% faster... if i have the idea right that should make a 20 second signet recharge in um... 3.2 seconds (16% of 20). Mantra of Inscriptions on the other hand would cap at 52% at 16 bringing that same signet to 9.6 seconds recharge. --Midnight08 14:26, 26 September 2006 (CDT)
 * The problem with this skill is that it's just underpowered for being in Fast Casting. Most mesmers already spec in Inspiration as their energy management, so it's not a big deal to bring MoI or Mantra of Signets. If Symbolic Posture is going to be viable it has to be stronger than its alternatives in Inspiration, which are also easily used by other primaries.
 * Having said that, this skill is more similar to MoS than MoI. Trades an instant for a merely faster signet recharge for being cheaper and recharging faster itself.--Ufelder 02:04, 27 September 2006 (CDT)

Mantra of signets trumps this by far. 5 more energy but you can recharge instantly...--Life Infusion 20:25, 28 September 2006 (CDT)
 * yeah that's true, MoS makes this skill redundant. Saving of 5 energy really isn't worth it if your goal is to get it recharged as quickly as possible. (Terra Xin 09:40, 6 October 2006 (CDT))

Wow this skill actually makes ether signet usable. --Bioharzard 21:37, 20 October 2006 (CDT)
 * It's still rubbish. --Ufelder 08:57, 21 October 2006 (CDT)
 * I don't think 0...8 energy is usable. Now, Assassin's Promise... THAT makes Ether Signet usable. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 17:05, 3 December 2006 (CST)
 * The fact that ether signet gives so little in return after spending the 10 energy on this skill makes it completely worthless. Plus, unless you have 13 in inspiration, chances are you're only going to get 5ish energy back. If you do have 16 fc and 13 insp, I wonder how effective your bar is... Holymasamune 22:31, 7 April 2007 (CDT)

If I was going to use Mantra of Signets, I would consider this because of less energy and faster recharge and the fact that making it like a 2sec recharge is almost as good as Instant recharge. Then I would immediently drop that idea because this is linked to Fast Casting (which I wouldnt spec into much if I was devoting a slot to recharging a signet faster...and it makes this useless for non-primary mesmers) - Former Ruling 15:36, 7 December 2006 (CST)

recharges faster than instant?
I think you'd better explain that note better. Mantra of Signets recharges a signet instantly. This does not go faster than that. Compairing to Mantra of Inscriptions was much more useful anyway as they are more similar, so why would you remove that not anyway? I thought I'd ask before I do it because perhaps I am missing something. &mdash; JediRogue  12:02, 6 June 2007 (CDT)
 * Although you can use Posture more often than Mantra of Signets, the mantra is still faster, because it's instant. I'm removing that note. Silver Sunlight [[Image:SSunlight.jpg|19px]] 12:09, 6 June 2007 (CDT)