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Also does AP right, encouraging ability use without it just being free.
E33 ruined metaphor refantazio and many other similar jrpgs for me. Why develop a magic system that actively discourages using skills because the access to mana is so limited? I play these games to feel powerful and to live out a superhero-like fantasy. It's hard to do that when you only get resources for 10 spells a day and dungeons with dozens of enemies.
That's true of many classic RPGs. Even D&D has really limited uses for many classes/skills. I think it's more of a balance thing that can be good or can be really bad. I kinda' lean your direction in that unless it's some amazing skill that will drastically trivialize most fights, it shouldn't have much limitation. At least not limitations that require a bunch of BS to work with.
Games should be made to have fun, and having to constantly run back to town (or what ever similarly onerous thing) to replenish mana/stamina/what ever is obnoxious at best and poor game design at worst.
Though sometimes it can fit in with the game design well. Like the old Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest) games. The only times restoring mana/hp really became an issue is when you were going on a long trip, like exploring randomly, or in to a dungeon that was meant to be a challenge. Of course those games are extremely simple compared to today's games and MUCH smaller, so artificial limitations to up the challenge aren't nearly as onerous.