Quote Originally Posted by MerlinCross View Post
Really cause that's what I seem to recall the community saying at least around launch. Have to keep your buff up so make sure you're at least doing it once every 30 seconds.

But here in lies a small rub in using them. I won't go into the issues about MP but ask a different question. How often should we be actually casting them and how often should we be getting them for free from TBN? Checking how well TBN should be worked into the rotation for a DPS gain(And not like a defense skill with a bonus, no it's a free damage skill that gives a shield up front), is that you can't really test this against say, training dummies. No there's only a few places where you can practice just how many Edges you actually should be getting. Especially now if people have better gear scores and thus TBN is actually harder to break.

So I'm just asking, how many Edges should we be getting, from Normal Cast and Free TBN casts?
One every 30 seconds is the absolute minimum to keep darkside up, but you wpuld overcap on mp, with only 2 uses per minute. DRK's mp generation is enough for 4 Edges/Floods per minute (it's slightly more but not enough for more uses). TBN only costs you uses, if it doesn't break. It never gains you a use cast, it only allows you to stockpile one more cast fpr raidbuffs or burn phases. So the answer is always 4 per minute, in a 100% uptime fight, and around 3 additional uses, per fight, because of the starting mp.