Big pulls with Dark Knight.

[ReiMakoto]

Just as extending an encounter makes selected mitigation matter less. The common theme is that diminishing returns is not the defining factor here. The end result of "how much damage was taken" is primarily due to the scenario. Every example I can give you and you can give me can be countered by another equally valid example, because at the core the examples do not deal with Diminishing Return. They deal with effective cooldown use.

You have 100% coverage in a 30 second window yet mitigate less damage total. Extend it to a 60 second window and the % difference between the two sharply drop.

Of course in the 60 second window you can fit in another cooldown, and so we'd be stacking three in scenario A, and then account for-

You get the idea.

Multiplicative mitigation, the system itself, does not have diminishing returns. In order for it to have diminishing returns, every additional layer has to give less than advertised.

PS: Equilibrium is just the cooler Aurora, Clemency is miles better as a healing tool even factoring in the loss of a holy circle, and Abyssal Drain scales with pack size. Aurora should be a 600 Heal/Shield, with the shield transferable with HoS. /micdrop

Im gonna end this here because Shogun seems to understand what i was getting at with this and different scenarios having or not having a diminishing return, and i dont think im gonna convince you, im saying the misue of the cooldown has caused a diminishing return by the definition of diminishing return you used earlier. If you extend to 60 seconds, rampart and sentinel wont have cooled down so the spread out scenario has still mitigated the most damage. But I digress, my point here was to show OP how blackest night interacts differently which i did earlier.

On Aurora, saying it could be better doesnt make it bad, equilibrium cant be targetted so its usless in an off tank scenario (n flash not withstanding), and im yet to raid with a paladin whos healed more with clem than I have with free aurora. That aurora buff you said sounds nice, doesnt make the current version bad, literally free heal is really good and can be used to great effect

[Kabooa]

Im gonna end this here

As you like.