Scholar since 4.1 patch - how are we finding it?

[Brandedblade]

You kind of contradicted your own point there? The fact that the two moves allow more window for DPS, which is the whole reason SCHs Faerie and the old percentage based Lustrate made it so good in Cleric Stance. Unless I'm misunderstanding something here, it looks like you kind of just explained why Excog/Union would be good with the old CS.

The point I was trying to make was that the same investment away from healing is still there, just without the extra step that could potentially screw yourself over. You aren't casting Physick and Adlo if you're casting Broil and Miasma. The reason I'm not fond of the argument concerning the fact that these abilities are synergistic with cleric stance is the fact the system of taking resources away from healing to dps is still there.

[Cynfael]

The point I was trying to make was that the same investment away from healing is still there, just without the extra step that could potentially screw yourself over. You aren't casting Physick and Adlo if you're casting Broil and Miasma. The reason I'm not fond of the argument concerning the fact that these abilities are synergistic with cleric stance is the fact the system of taking resources away from healing to dps is still there.

I see where you're coming from, and what you say isn't wrong. However, such abilities had even greater value when Cleric Stance involved a 2-GCD lockout and rewarded uptime with a 10% damage increase on top of the stat swap.

Under the current system, even players who aren't paying a great deal of attention to strategy and mechanics can weave DPS at will. It's not that faerie-based healing no longer prolongs DPS uptime; it's that the removal of CS as a stance makes it a little less vital for that purpose than it used to be.