Let's talk about Dissipation

I've cast dissipation once, and only to see what it looked like.

I'm having a very difficult time finding circumstances that would justify using this skill in a combat scenario. It seems to lower healing output and cost mana. Completely ignoring the capstone spell of a job strikes me as fundamentally wrong.

But perhaps I'm looking at it wrong? Are there cases where I should be using it? What should my mentality be when using this ability? Let's talk about it.

Dissipation is not on my bar, I tried it and and I found that my heal plus fairy heal is greater, if anyone has any suggestions are welcome

I think that a reasonable use for Dissipation is when fight is ending, you finished your Aetherflow stack and Aetherflow is still on CD and high damage is incoming and yo uwant to be sure to have Lustrate/Indomitability/Sacred Soil.
Maybe it should give some MP so we could summon the fairy back.

I've actually used it a couple of times.

I pretty much think the only time it's useful is for emergencies where there's a lot of damage doing on and you're out of aetherflow stacks. It's good for getting an indomitability and a couple of lustrates. Again it's very situational, but if casting adlo/physick will heal too slowly/not provide enough healing, you have that choice.

I can't see ever needing to use it in an 8 man party when you have another healer... but alone, maybe.

Think I only ever had to use it once each on the final bosses in fractal and neverreap when people were taking crazy damage.

It would definitely be more worth it if it provided some MP...

The only situation I really see it useful in is something like this.

Lots of damage is incoming. You know it, everyone else knows it, it's going to happen. Pop Dissipation, adlo the tank, spread the love, drop a soil and go with the flow.

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Originally Posted by Lafier

The only situation I really see it useful in is something like this.

Lots of damage is incoming. You know it, everyone else knows it, it's going to happen. Pop Dissipation, adlo the tank, spread the love, drop a soil and go with the flow.

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Assuming all your fairie's skills are on CD. Otherwise there is currently nothing in game that can't be solved by buffed up fairy aoe regen and a ET succor or two.
I am stressing CURRENTLY, though :)

It's an emergency skill not one you are supposed to spam constantly. It's only supposed to be useful in certain situations as your final card to play to keep the party up like WHM has benediction as a last resort on the Tank.

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Originally Posted by Kyomih

Assuming all your fairie's skills are on CD. Otherwise there is currently nothing in game that can't be solved by buffed up fairy aoe regen and a ET succor or two.
I am stressing CURRENTLY, though :)

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I was talking about maxing damage absorptions on the party.

While I hate everything about this skill I can see a few currently rare emergency situation where it might be necessary to get 3 aetherflow stacks. But I still think overall it seems like wasted potential as the final skill we get.
The part that bugs me the most is not being able to resummon our little companion for 30 seconds. Which not only costs us mana to do so but also time if we don't want to use swiftcast.

I'd rather would have liked a skill that fits the sch role more. We were always more preemptive healers in terms of shielding / reducing incoming dmg. So why not if we have to send our fairy away make it toggleable. Meaning:
You press the skill once you send the fairy away. The next time you press the skill your fairy comes back but also brought new aetherflow stacks with her. The amount (max 3) is determined by the time she was gone. (1 stack every 10 seconds) Maybe as an added bonus if you have send her away 30 seconds the cooldowns of the fairy are also reset or something along the lines because it would only really benefit Eos.

Not really a well thought through idea but I tried staying within the framing they set.

Extra Energy Drain stacks for damage on hunts