Are role actions a nerf?

[ErryK]

Not in 4.0 its not. Arcanists/Summoners/Scholars will no longer have Drain by default. It will have to be chosen as a shared role action and only Arcanists/Thaumaturges/Summoners/Black Mages/Red Mages will have access to it

SMN uses Energy Drain in the Skill Showcase, as they gain an aethertrail stack, and lose an aetherflow stack when using it.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

SMN uses Energy Drain in the Skill Showcase, as they gain an aethertrail stack, and lose an aetherflow stack when using it.

You are correct. Summoners can use Drain as a shared role action. Scholars however cannot. Assuming Aetherflow as a skill still exists and still restores MP, Scholars may indeed not need to take Lucid Dream, as I mentioned earlier. They will however lose some mp gain from no longer having Drain though. Likely it wont impact them too much to require Lucid Dream if Aetheflow still works as it does now.

[Grimmjow_Jaegerjaques]

You are correct. Summoners can use Drain as a shared role action. Scholars however cannot.

Of course he needs that role action for his rotation. Do you really believe that?!