RDM Skill idea: VerWard to Mirror VerCure and adding Mana Gain with Acceleration Use

[Zyneste]

Also, bear in mind that utility is supposed to have an opportunity cost, whereas the OP's suggestion attempts to negate that.

Our personal DPS will always be the lowest amongst the casters. If a Verward/Vercure can save a healer GCD, we aren't really losing any rdps, except from an fflogs stand point.
Second wind has no opportunity cost except the cool down and the OGCD weave used. Same for any number of defensive cool downs. If you compare it directly to manaward, its opportunity cost is that it's much weaker. 10% compared to 30% for the rdm itself, but can be used 3 times per Manaward cool down.



These also have a cool down. Using them with acceleration everytime would also be a dps loss, outside of AOE, their use is situational. Assuming we would still have raise, wed already be taxed for its use, if a compromise isn't made. I doubt wed be taxed farther than dualcast VerRaise, even after/if the raise tax is lessened on us in 5.1.

I wouldn't mind VerWard or having both it and VerCure generate mana. It would make the moments using them feel better since you are still building your resource that said I agree, it shouldn't work with Acceleration by doubling the potency since it would force it into the rotation.

They're tied to acceleration to prevent spamming during downtime, needlessly wasting MP or unbalancing mana. Getting mana back just isn't enough, wed need something to offset the damage lost or its no different than our current vercure use. Almost never, outside of proc generation during downtime. Never for support or survival.