Divine Benison change is freaking amazing

[Exiled_Tonberry]

The whole lily mechanic feels rather useless now that Bension is not a part of it. Even moreso than it already did.

I find myself having absolutely no reason to gather lilies for a slight CD decrease. The Bension change really brought the issues of the Lily system up front. That it's completely useless and doesn't actually serve a purpose. I really hope that it being separated is acknowledgement from SE that they really aren't satisfied with the mechanic and that it'll either be removed or heavily adjusted.

That being said, I wonder if the actual skill needs a nerf now. I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but it's really strong. It's up so often I find that I'm using it just to put it back on CD.

[Tridus]

The whole lily mechanic feels rather useless now that Bension is not a part of it. Even moreso than it already did.

Lilies are for getting DB back faster. While that's not great, it's not strictly speaking useless. Secret of the Lily II is useless, for comparison purposes.

But yes, DB feels so much better without the tacked on requirement for a resource that we may or may not even generate. It's amazing how much more fun it makes the class.

[VanilleFang]

That being said, I wonder if the actual skill needs a nerf now. I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but it's really strong. It's up so often I find that I'm using it just to put it back on CD.

I know what you mean. 15% of an ally's max HP as a shield every 30ish seconds is pretty strong, but I really don't want to see WHM nerfed.

Like Trunks said, it fills in a gap in the WHM toolkit. So really it shouldn't change too much.

It's amazing how much more fun it makes the class.

I know right!? It gives WHMs more breathing room, and allows us to stretch our DPS just that much further. It's hard to explain why it's so much more fun with just being a free shield... maybe its all that jumping and dancing we do to cast it? Hmm...