On Fey Blessing...

[Eloah]

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Ummm... where to start.

Okay first DPS. Dissipation came out in HW, so the Largesse argument holds no weight, sorry to say. When SB released SCHs were thrilled since they got a "free healing boost". It definitely became a DPS only skill then.

Regarding the faerie skills. Have you ever played MCH? Remember how MCH had this tiny window which encouraged you to spam/pop every skill imaginable. That's basically what you are describing. Plus if you "have" to use every faerie CD prior to using Dissipation, there are bigger issues going on.

In regards to the ability loss, and what is usable under the time frame. Regardless of personal feelings, SCH still loses 1/3 of its kit, and the other 1/3 is unaffected, the other healers dont have this issue. And barring AST who gained a few more oGCD heals, the other two have a greater array of skills to use with the buff. Plus neither has any lock out.

About the gauge and her use. The gauges are meant to have a greater impact on gameplay, and building them up to use skills over and over as needed is the goal. A goal, I might add,you are pointing out with your issue on Fey Blessing. If SCHs still had a DPS option for Aetherflow, I don't think the gauge loss would matter as much. But since building the gauge is harder now, it matters. As for the faerie's role, even if a majority of the heals provided by her are longer oGCD skills, the point is, besides for level lockouts, SCHs should lose part of their kit, period. One of the biggest issues being SCH has no spammable heals, mostly because the faerie is supposed to make up for that difference. But if you remove her what then?

As for the other buff skills the other healers get. The Largesse issue once again doesn't hold much weight. True all healers lost it, but all healers lost it. If anything's WHM should be more pissed since it was removed from their kit then given back to them. But the biggest thing is that the other 2 healers don't lose anything. Regardless of personal preference SCH still loses 1/3 of its skills and the other 1/3 is unaffected by the buff. Not to mention you could blow through your Aetherflow stacks in 3 seconds if things are, less than " ideal".

I'm not saying some people wont find a use for Dissipation, nor that it might not have its niche uses in certain situations. But the fact remains, SCH loses access to part of their kit while the other healers get two buffs for the price of one.now if the skill reduced MP cost, made Aetherflow skills usable without the stack, automatically reset Aetherflow, like the Tri-Disaster reset. Something to make the skill more noteworthy.

One other thing that doesnt help, and this is just bad on SE's part. When Excognition was implimented it sucked, and made no sense at all, but SE fixed it to it's current state, and now it's a great skill. Dissipation never got that that kind of "love". So it's had 4+ years of being a bad/awkward skill. They finally removed One Ilm Punch for a similar reason. My hope is a quick fix I can "suffer" with, for several skills really, but for a complete removal of Dissipation in 6.0 and an ability reshuffle. Getting the Fey Gauge earlier would be nice, and Seraph to align with Bahamut. Since gauges are becoming more important, I think SE is trying to retroactively place them in the 50-60 range.