Quote Originally Posted by ksuyen View Post
I still don’t get it why we even need aether dump. I hardly use drain at all or feel the need to dump my ather. The sch mechanic is the easiest ever, cast excog on tank and then dps all the way. Simple as that.
It's mostly an optimization tool (and I use "optimization" lightly here. It's a tool for anyone who doesn't want to waste resources). If you have stacks left by the time aetherflow comes back up (and if you're good you'll always have some left) then energy drain allows you to not waste those resources. In addition to that, it allows you to maintain a good dps baseline when you need to move around.
It's not uncommon to use over 90% of your stacks on Energy Drain (the most demanding fights will have you at around 80%). So in that sense, we REALLY need it.

More importantly. There's already nothing to do on sch. At least this gives us one measily option.