I'm going to keep them in the list because flowers don't grow when they're in a vanity slot which makes them not vanity. I'm torn between D and F because they can be used to get large amounts of Hay or Jungle Grass Seeds quickly, but they do make it much harder to get bait because they stop critters from spawning from grass.
It does work. It's slower than before, obviously, but it's the only way to produce bait on demand. Looks to be B rank according to this scale, since nothing else does this better.
I do have to agree with you here. however, it's also good enough to carry a mage from pre-hardmode to post-moonlord if you don't have a moonglow and fallen star farm. Plus, it's permanent, unlike the potions.
the quick mana hotkey, exists
console players with barely enough buttons even without the hotkeys, exist
Not saying its useless, just that its far from nessesary if you don't have mana regen potions, it will reduce the amount of mana sickness you get slightly, but thats not as useful as an accesory that straight up increases damage.
Except it's hard to pay attention to your mana meter while you're trying to dodge and aim at a boss at the same time. I struggle with healing with quick heal at the right time, and that's accompanied by a visual and audio cue in the form of the character getting hurt. With quick mana there's no such cues until you stop firing your weapon and get mowed down by 264 pumpkings. It may be easier for some, but its a little difficult to pay attention to your health, mana, the boss, the boss's projectiles, and your remaining flight time all at the same time.
It’s not hard to learn though. You can very easily just learn the interval of time needed and press the button vaguely when you think you’ll need it. Paying attention to your mana meter isn’t really even needed.
You do have a point. Problem is, when using fast-firing mana guzzlers like Laser Machinegun you really need to get the timing right or you're going to run out. If you forget to press it or are distracted because of a boss or enemies, you'll stop firing and have to wait for the long recharge time to get back to full speed.
That’s only a concern for exactly two weapons though. Laser machinegun and charged blaster cannon.
It drops the mana cost of Bat Scepter and Laser Machinegun to 2 when worn with Chlorophyte Headgear and Dark Artist's Robes. Both of those armor pieces are decent enough that I wouldn't call this combo situational (though I doubt many people have seriously used it up until now).
You can easily just avoid the lava layer though. Palladium and Orichalcum are both definitely strong enough to kill the mechs.