If SCH got Energy Drain back, why not do the same for WHMs?

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the best would be to change ED .. coz now ED isn't used as a AF stack dump but as a way to increase dps.

If whm get similar lilly dump .. they'll use it to dps.


they should give some kind of CD or condition to ED so it's more tied to healing .. or better .. should have made a Fey damage ability that uses 50 fey gauge instead of ED

But once again, useing ED for DPS is not sacrificing required healing. It's just that 3 healing cooldowns every minute is overkill, most of the time (unless savage healing check, but then you have a co heal to share the burden).
The return of ED is a good thing, and I'm pretty sure if ED did no damage but gave back MP and Fairy gauge, SCH would use it regardless.


Back to the Lily "problem", I think the current design is a bit more flexible than Aetherflow, because you can hold the Lilies until needed, and you can hold the Misery too, as Lilies will still generate.
I see the problem of making Afflatuses oGCD, because they kind of get in the way of Tetra (Assize possibly but it's used for damage more than anything). They now offer a bit of weaving, which is welcome.
The Lilies are powerful... but the game still does not require THAT much of a healing powerhouse. So, I do often throw Solaces or Raptures though they are not so much needed, but I don't want to sit with 3 Lilies. But given the current pDPS of White Mage, a DPS Lily dump would be a bit unfair I think. While a weaker Regen or shield option consuming a Lily would be easier to "dump" on a tank.