Should Fey Union be an Aoe?

Was pondering this question and was wondering what your guys' thoughts were.

One idea I've see thrown around in the past is to make Fey Union's behavior change with the fairy. This idea is usually accompanied by a rework to Selene to change the fairy decision from healing/support to ST/AoE. So Selene gets current Fey Union along with a rework to have abilities more centered around single target healing/buffs, while Eos get the new AoE version. ...though no one seems to think to specify if their idea of the AoE should center on Eos or the target.

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Originally Posted by Riyshn

though no one seems to think to specify if their idea of the AoE should center on Eos or the target.

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I would assume Eos since it would require better understanding of the job. Knowing where to place her and when, for example. If the AoE would be centered on the target then it wouldn't require as much skill on the SCH's part.

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Originally Posted by Transient_Shadow

Was pondering this question and was wondering what your guys' thoughts were.

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At the moment, there doesn't seem to be a particular reason for this change.

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Originally Posted by VanilleFang

I would assume Eos since it would require better understanding of the job. Knowing where to place her and when, for example. If the AoE would be centered on the target then it wouldn't require as much skill on the SCH's part.

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Eh, there's an argument for both mastery and consistency either way; pet placement vs optimal targeting, and having Fey Union continue being a tether vs having all of Eos's abilities be PBAoEs.

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Originally Posted by Riyshn

Eh, there's an argument for both mastery and consistency either way; pet placement vs optimal targeting, and having Fey Union continue being a tether vs having all of Eos's abilities be PBAoEs.

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True. I suppose I was thinking of the class purely from the perspective of it being a pet class.

Knowing SE though they would probably do teather AoE as it's easier to control and they hate pet classes.

I tend to think even more strong AoE healing is the absolute last thing the game needs right now.

It should switch depending on what fairy you have.

Eos should get ST

Selene should be an AOE one.

Should be buffed to the levels it reached when each tick was a crit when you melded at least one DH materia >.>

In seriousness though, it'd be nice if it changed so that you can buff it with Rouse.

Nope. Fey union doesn't need an AOE that's generally exactly what whispering dawn is (An AOE regen) where Fey Union is a more potent single target regen.

If anything what needs changing its how the aetherpact guage works in general. everything a fairy does should build or use the guage in some way. so if every embrace adds like 5 points to the guage for example maybe 10 if it crits. combined with the existing use of aetherflow charges to build the guage as well would allow the guage to be built faster.

then things like whispering dawn or fey wind should deplete the guage when used. fey wind for example could be a 5% speed buff but consumes 10 points per tick. or whispering dawn could do the same. regen effect at 10 points per tick.

other abilities like fey caress or covenant could simply have static costs. like 20 points everytime you use fey caress to cleanse buffs. this could allow it to have a much lower cooldown and make it more useful without needing esuna.

this would also allow a deeper gameplay as well. scholars could micro manage more and turn off buffs when not needed. like turn off fey wind at the end of a dps check to conserve aethercharge for something else later. kind of like how you can turn off fey union when damage is lower to conserve aether guage.

also allow it to be more functional at lower levels as well where the aetherflow charges are a bit more useless. outside of a small dps boost. never needed for mp or anything such.

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Originally Posted by Dzian

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I'm not sure if I agree with this, I really love having Eos use souped up Whispering Dawn + Fey Union during big pulls in dungeons, as it's essentially a good 10+ seconds of hands off time during which I get to DPS without having to worry about the tank's health, Whispering Dawn costing gauge or forcing me to use either or doesn't sound great.

The problem is that Fey Union, while amazing in dungeons, is nigh useless in raid/trial environment where tanks keep swapping/taking damage at the same time, and where the whole group is taking damage.

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Originally Posted by Tridus

I tend to think even more strong AoE healing is the absolute last thing the game needs right now.

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I agree with you and imo Fey Union as it is with a QoL change, because it sometimes takes to long to activate, is more than fine and has it's usage in a dungeon and outside of it. For example v3s is an very good fight for it, since the skill can do most of the healing on one of the tanks during add phases. I use it for instance, on the tank, who tanks the white flame and it works great, if the group kills the add fast enough. Imo using FU on the tank for white flame is pretty clear, but on the other adds, it depends on what the group has planned and how they want to mitigate/heal. At the end of the day it is still an useful skill and i have to break the habbit a bit of not using it in fights without adds xD