Conjurers Timing Mana

[bgoodwyn]

I just recently started playing a conjurer. When playing a support role in a party, sometimes it seems the mana bars for each player lags far behind the player's actual mana even with only two party memebers. As a result, sometimes I am not offering mana when it is needed and vice versa. However, other times (even in larger parties) there seems to be an immediate response when each player casts spells.

Do more experienced conjurers monitor the mana in the party window, just dole out mana on a schedule, count casted spells before dishing out mana, or what?

By the way, playing a conjurer is tons of fun so far. This is like a whole new game again...