Quote Originally Posted by bobbryan2 View Post
That shows a pretty poor understanding of casters.

Yes, it's powerful. No, it's not that wonderful. All PrEs will be getting at will abilities, remember? Is this more powerful than an at will fireball? Didn't think so.

It's not an addition of 50 dps, it's only the ability to do 50 dps when you're out of SP.
PM seems to be geared towards battlecasters. As such, being in melee range isn't a big deal.

If you're playing PM as a standard mage, you're wasting a number of benefits.