Are there any plans to add benefits to having extra mana in your mana network?
If you wear a mage's hood or have the frog totem relic, they don't provide any benefits on turn 1.
Perhaps they could supercharge your stones and give them an extra charge if they try to restore an already full stone? Then hyper charging mana becomes part of a strategy, rather than you min maxing and only carrying as much restoration as you need.