With the -20 delay on Footwork you needed 10 more Store TP to have the old hit setup going. So either you had a lot of endgame gear or use /SAM. Not really complaining just unconvinient. And yes Level 80 footwork with poise shoes and oat 2-3 claws was pretty much king. Having D94~ish on your feet that would Doubleattack 80% of the time and only need 7 Hits for 100TP whereas a WS would count as 2 Hits (28TP returned). With more level increases the gap between H2H and Footwork will tighten and H2h will surpass unless SE gives Footwork more candy to play with. AF3 for example still need to be examined by science.
Any half decent MNK already has usukane body. Add on Wtath and hoard.. it's 4.3% more damage from tp for free and another 4.3% from ws at minor drops(hoard ring/wtath vs thew/strigoi). Then again, most of the people riding footwork's cock were those that couldn't afford real gear.. so makes sense they'd be pissed.
While you might be right, you are still missing 2 STP in your calc.
Well, I tried handing in for the sausage quest with a full inventory with at least one seal of every time he can offer. You can indeed get a seal with a full inventory if you already have at least one of that stackable seal in your inventory. However, I then threw away the ones I didn't need and only left ranger in my inventory while keeping it full. Went 1 for my next 15. Small sample size but it seems like instead of turning the trash seals into the ones you want it just doesn't give anything if there isn't a spot for it in your inventory.