Easy way to fix spell & skill speed before Heavensward!

[Viridiana]

I agree with the OP. To be a desirable stat, Speed would need to effect both:

1. DOT/HOT proc rates
2. How quick TP/MP ticks occur

As a healer my preferred style is to HOT at a fast proc rate. It works perfectly in other MMOs (SWTOR) that I rarely need to go to my curebomb heal.

And SMN would burn out of MP even faster. The extra 60 MP every minute would be entirely subsumed by having to cast dots more often. Even if you applied the same effect to Aetherflow, it wouldn't be enough to keep up with the expenditure, I don't think.

[Zeful]

And SMN would burn out of MP even faster. The extra 60 MP every minute would be entirely subsumed by having to cast dots more often. Even if you applied the same effect to Aetherflow, it wouldn't be enough to keep up with the expenditure, I don't think.

I believe he's talking about spell/skill speed increasing the total number of tics that occur, not just having the existing tics go occur sooner (shortening the duration). So you have a breakpoint that turns Bio from 6 tics at 18 seconds (1/3) to 9 tics at 18 seconds (1/2).

[Viridiana]

I believe he's talking about spell/skill speed increasing the total number of tics that occur, not just having the existing tics go occur sooner (shortening the duration). So you have a breakpoint that turns Bio from 6 tics at 18 seconds (1/3) to 9 tics at 18 seconds (1/2).

That. . .would take so much spell speed. Current SMN BIS (and remember, they were loaded with SS this patch) doesn't have enough SS on it to give Bio II an extra tick even with a Contagion'd duration. Which, for reference, is +165 SS. To get a non-contagion Bio up to 7 ticks, it would take +301 SS. Trying to get it to 9 ticks. . .that's +876 SS.