Paladin Prayer mana usage

[Deadpan]

A max Prayer/max Meditation pally is the ultimate caster support character

No, it's not, Brista!

Very few caster attacks are instantaneous, giving a quick-fingered pally-player just about enough time to dab the target with Conviction before impact before switching back to Meditation. It may not be aura-flashing of old but it gives us something to do with our RHS skills. Mind you, Meteor does so much more damage now it hardly seems worthwhile doubling it.

Prayer's mana-burn is a real PITA if you're seduced enough by beefed-up Holy Bolts to consider building a medic but at least you can buy blue pots now and swap to Cleansing at level 12. It also feels wrong that you get better healing from the later auras.