Recharge skill is only for recharging others. It always cost 1 more mp than the power of the skill, meaning without higher mana gain (which healers don't have) if the power is 10 and it cost 11 mp, you get 10 mp, losing 1 mp.
There is a penalty for recharging higher level characters. I can't remember how much higher level they can be for you to recharge successfully.
You guessed it. The level difference makes the biggest difference. Anything over 10lvls difference will give 0MP back. It gets progressively better once you near the same lvl. I usually stick with 5 lvls or less difference.
The exception is of course if the SE/SO is Higher lvl than the one he/she is recharging. In this case, full MP is given+ bonuses for Nukers who have the Higher Mana Gain skill. Full MP is equal to the spell cost in MP.
Edit: Champa Beat me to it and is probably correct about the extra 1 MP cost. It's so close to equal you will hardly notice.
You can recharge anyone. It gets less effective if you are recharging people higher than you, I believe 8 levels above and it recharges zero. Recharging lower levels has no limit though. From what I hear it's most effective within three levels above.
Yeah, not sure what the range is but it's about the same as a heal. If you try to recharge someone out of range it will tell you that.
Certain classes have a skill that lets then receive more mp than classes that don't, like a SH gets more mp from an oracle than a dwarf would.
I'd have to check my SE but I think the recharge on myself cost the same as the spell.
You can recharge anyone. It gets less effective if you are recharging people higher than you, I believe 8 levels above and it recharges zero. Recharging lower levels has no limit though. From what I hear it's most effective within three levels above.
common mistake there
most ppl think at 10+ lvls it recharges zero but thats only for lower lvl rechargers
if you had say a lvl 55 se and a lvl 70 bh you would recharge for something like 20 mp, meaning it doesnt stop working at 5+ lvls it just gets less effective every lvl higher that 5 that you are
The effectiveness is even worse then what others have mentioned. Me being level 46, trying to Recharge a level 50, the level 50 barely got any MP back.
If you cast it on someone, watch their MP bar. If it does not move or barely moves on landing, stop because you are just wasting it.
I ask everyones level soon as I join team and only cast it on people my level or less. Then they will receive the full benefit of the power and I am not wasting MP.