You get regen too don't you?

Yeah, it' doesn't make a huge difference though.

Then there is the actual Warder that intercepts attacks and flattens their group while you nuke them. Those guys are awesome.

Haha, no. They're really not. One, most of them have egos much bigger than their skills. Two, when they die they cost their Sedais HPs, MVs and huge lag that often means she dies too. Three, nowadays every DSer and their fleas know how to circumvent interception anyway. And four, there's the stupid RP restriction that basically attaches you at each others' hips... well at least that was made more sane a while ago. But still. The Warder gets pretty much all the benefits, so it's been really funny to me to watch all those Warder-hungry unbonded Sedai switch to hunting mode whenever a new one is clanned.

I'm not saying there's no benefit at all. But there are costs too, and I'd definitely miss the 20 SP.

Melyssan! Did she ever end up going dreadlord by the way?

Nope.