Emergency Tactics animation and/or recast time is too long

[GideonHighmourn]

I don't really have any issues with ET; the recast is fine, and the animation isn't as long as it appears. You can almost start casting as soon as you use it, similar to Switfcast. The CD is fine, because it's not supposed to be a "stance", it's an "emergency" button.

[Cynfael]

I don't really have any issues with ET; the recast is fine, and the animation isn't as long as it appears. You can almost start casting as soon as you use it, similar to Switfcast. The CD is fine, because it's not supposed to be a "stance", it's an "emergency" button.

Agreed. There is nothing wrong with this ability. It serves its purpose by allowing SCHs to occasionally (read: at least as frequently as is actually necessary) pump out a large HP heal without spending an Aetherflow stack. Making it any more useful than it is risks stepping on WHM toes that are already tender from getting stepped on with the removal of Graniteskin and the sharing of the Proshell effect.

[Sabeta]

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I completly agree with this. SCH/SCH is already a very real thing thanks to Indomitability. The only thing left to decide is who gets Selene vs Eos (If healing is hard enough to merit it; else double Selene is pretty awesome) and how to rotate your Emergency Tactics. I don't use ET very often because I'm frequently paired with WHM who can just Medica, but I would be lying if I said there weren't times where I used it. Bismarck EX is one such fight. Playing with an AST left most of my party below max HP for the Phase 2 Transition. I hit Adloquium>Deployment Tactics>Emergency Tactics>Succor and fully topped off the party and shielded them for a big hit.