130 Specialize Evocation No Mana Reduction?

[Daldaen]

That sounds like an EQ wives tale. Just like J-Boots running slower and levitate in fear creating trains. It's just a matter of people not truly understanding game mechanics.

Specialization should check always. Log on live and check it with any spell. It will reduce mana on every single cast. Has done that ever since mana values were shown in the UI and it is extremely likely it did that before the mana value was shown.