ashes of war were planned to use spell slots

[nobleberry]

ashes of war were planned to use spell slots. that's why the game has memory stones, to decouple spell slots from spellcasting stats (mind, faith, intelligence, arcane).
a weapon skill button (l2/lt) should act as a catalyst for an ash in a selected spell slot, after that, if a weapon is of suitable type, an ash could be used.
the idea was scrapped, because developers decided, that fighters could have more variety of abilities, than spell casters.
but hey, it is just a theory. a game theory

[mpcgannon]

That's some bs. Give wizards a magic r1 combo, no cost. Let the close talkers memorize skills.

[Nauct]

Some more limitations on Ashes of War would be good, they're too powerful