For the ring of mist, it clearly sounds like a bug to me.
I'll check that as soon as possible, but I'm pretty sure it is not working as intended.
For the recovery talent, it is hard to comment now because... well because we have plans for the future that we cannot always talk about
But yeah, it is a bit silly to let it here for the moment so that will probably change in the weeks to come (in one way or another). It could always be slightly useful against Occult Erosion though I guess, but I would understand if you did not find that very conforting