Quote Originally Posted by Archwizard View Post
I also believe some of its issues aren't strictly related to potencies and would be better addressed via alterations to its existing mechanics. You have to know that the "Raise Tax" won't go away (if it ever does) without adjusting our relationship to Verraise.
I've suggested this before, but all they really need to do is change the Dualcast effect.
Instead of reducing cast times to 0, it should reduce cast times by 5s.
This would have no practical effect on any spells other than Verraise, which will go from 8s to 3s.
As 3s is more than a GCD, then chain Verraising becomes twice as detrimental to their DPS output, not to mention the movement restrictions of a 3s cast time. While they still technically have the ability to chain raise, the very act of doing so would hit their DPS hard enough to warrant raising their potencies. Still not to SMN levels obviously, but enough to make the DPS more viable.