Game Mechanics: Flowing Thought not working?

[Erati]

So I was standing there thirsty without drink on my druid camping the necromancer in Lesser Faydark for many hours.

I have both a FT2 and FT1 item equipped yet I was not regening mana. My blue bar percentage remained the same and my inventory UI did show mana ticking...but each tick was a 'phantom tick' as in I would see mana tick up then back down.

The amount of the phantom tick was peculiar - I was receiving +3 ( Boots +2, Mask +1 ). I unequipped my boots and the phantom tick was only +1. I kept my boots on and unequipped my mask and the phantom tick was +2. I unequipped both my FT items my mana was motionless, no phantom tick, no movement.

So FT doesnt seem to be working when you are out of drink ( is it suppose to? ) but with drink something 'is' happening visually its just questionable if the server actually accepts what our clients are trying to send.