Potion recharge time and casting rime do seem to be set to a fairly challenging level. It's funny, because when you are in a fight, you can use up your MP in a matter of seconds, and yet if you use an ether potion, it will take an interglacial age before you can use another. Meaning you really have to find ways of completing things without the support of potions.
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