[Ranylyn]

I still think that instead of going "lmao fuck you you can't afford to summon because Youkai upkeep is so expensive AND we're making you garbage unless you're main class" we should instead turn the FP regen into Upkeep Cost Reduction. Make each Youkai's cost FAR more manageable in exchange for sacrificing that +15 from Cracked Mirror + Absorb Ether every turn.

Why do I think this is a good idea?

One reason the FP cost upkeep was raised in the first place was because of stacking FP regen (Example: Capacity, Kensei, Witch hat, etc) to be able to field a large army for many turns while still being able to fight, yourself. Now, by removing that FP regen and instead allowing those points to go towards bringing the FP cost more in line with what it used to be, you'd need to use other means to keep FP up, like Pacifist Boon, Power Up, Channel Magic. or Descending Uroboros, all of which limit the actions you can take, either by prohibiting oiffensive actions (And support skills would cost more than the Pacifist Boon recovers anyways) or by using up your actions purely on FP recovery. Or by limiting armor choices due to +7 from Kensei, I guess.

Considering that Youkai have since been nerfed (Most of them have halved skill damage scaling from before in exchange for reduced FP costs for their skills, which, when factoring in damage formulas, makes them dramatically less potent overall.) I think reworking their FP regen into a bonus exclusively for youkai maintenance instead of allowing their other class to benefit from all that FP is plenty fair.

But hey, I also can't complain with being able to tank 12 level 60 Youkai at once and laughing at the lich summoning them running out of FP before they can kill me, so if everyone wants to keep Youkai as pretty crap garbage worthless, I guess that's an option too.