What is with the Broken Blade Discipline

[Felyndiira]

Were these guys aware that the maneuver wasn't gonna be used every single turn? Because it is then expended

This is thread necromancy, but the question should be answered.

People are aware; maneuver recovery is mentioned in the first two posts that mention that this can only be used every other turn. However, even in the original PoW (no Expanded) era of 2014, if you are a Warlord you are still attacking every other turn when you're not using this maneuver (potentially with another ultra powerful maneuver like RZS, or full attacking with the BB third level stance).

That's not counting feats like Victorious Recovery that gave you free recoveries if you killed someone (which you should do if you're using this maneuver). Broken Blade also has plenty of boosts that spikes this even further, like Bronze Knuckles one level earlier.

Since then, many methods to achieve free or swift maneuver recoveries are released. Bushi gets one at level 6; Mystics can use it as one of their always on maneuvers, Zealots are zealots, etc. These make it so that you can just spam this forever.