I love the focus gain concept. It reminds me of a the rally mechanic from Bloodborne. However, if focus is your mana, so to speak, why can’t the character have a certain amount of “starter” focus? Like enough for minor things that cost 15-25 focus? This would make bows much more meaningful as well as staffs and give you the chance to break up group mobs by pulling. In fact, having a full focus bar to start might not be a bad thing? Right now I have a ring that provides an additional 100 focus to my focus pool. I wouldn’t have THAT be full on spawn, just the starter amount, whatever works.
I appreciate the desire to make people work for it and yes I know there are focus potions but not having a base amount of focus to work with feels off to me.