
Originally Posted by
Myon88
Yeah I'm not sure if you realize the fact that having no control over it is a downside, not a benefit to the skill. It just goes to show how you little you understand about its value as 'utility'.
The funny thing is, if you could control when you cast it, you would have a much stronger argument about it being something that summoner should be taxed for. If that was the case, they would actually be able to use it effectively in fights and sync it with mechanics. Instead, you pretty much just activate phoenix for dps, and leave it to chance whether you need the heal at that time (spoiler: you don't).
Does that sound nice to you? Hey, I'll swap it for bloodbath, deal? I mean, you don't actually think having to manually activate a skill like bloodbath is some kind of huge game changing difference right? Are rotations so taxing that a little bit of extra thought to press an ogcd feels like a huge source of stress? Don't be silly, it's one button. If that was the price you had to pay to get separate control over phoenix's heal, every summoner would pay it on the spot.
Don't get me started on how all the summoner skill consolidations like that in Shadowbringers actually make your life harder, not easier. Now when I saw the news back in 2019 I already thought it was a bad joke, but never in my wildest dreams did I imagine someone would try and spin it as an upside, haha.