The reason aetherflow is like it is, is because SE keep trying to get rid of it instead of working with it as it has always been a core component of the job

really, the fairy gauge is the thing that needs deleting. That second gauge has just then..there for lack of a better term. It affects fey union and fey blessing. Fey blessing didn't used to require anything on eos, and fey union could very easily be a cooldown.