Shadowbringers RDM Wishlist

[Archwizard]

So, quick question then:

Should we just friggin' redo how Diminishing Returns (or, Status Effect Resistance Accumulation) works?

It honestly surprises me that Diminishing Returns affect enemies. It makes sense with players so we don't just lock each other out of being able to play, but against enemies it just exacerbates the uselessness of CC.

Also, [yeeting to your death] could be fixed by simply having the skill path-check and leap to path-end, up to a given maximum, rather than a fixed distance.

That would really only help on arenas like Alphascape v4 or Suzaku, when the arena is shaped to drop you.

It wouldn't help on fights like Alphascape v3, when the edge of the arena is designed to be an accessible space... that occasionally just kills you.

However I hope they give us a move to regain our mp back besides lucid dreaming

The thing is, if you want to keep this, you need a balance.
I agree with you, I don't think chain-raising is broken support because it's auto-balanced by mana cost and mana recovery.

Which does put us in something of an awkward position since that means we have to find a certain sweet spot with MP recovery -- enough to sustain or kickstart our rotation without Lucid Dreaming, without just having unlimited Verraises.
Not that it's impossible, or even improbable -- a small but constant or slow, on-demand method of recovery would still emphasize the penalty of Verraising too often without leaving us bereft of any casting ability. The big concern is really "how to fit it in our rotation."

(Also, potential noob question here: when you say "pDPS", what's the first "p" for?)