Quote Originally Posted by Iedarus View Post
From what I can see, it is possible to make it dps neutral via pre-shielding, shielding during phase changes, etc. I do still agree that it should be 660 potency because seeing my GCD heals gather dust during a fight is not a good feeling. Increase the potency of just this one ability, and everything in Sage's kit comes together.

I just had an epiphany that the healers would feel SO much better to play if all their DPS abilities from GCD healing were DPS neutral, for example raising Afflatus Misery's potency to 930+. This is why I feel like, for Scholar, they should do something similar to also encourage them to GCD shield, mid-fight. That and maybe also nerf all the oGCDs on all the healers to further incentivize this new play style.
I don't think SCH's mechanics really allow that since SCH's identity lies more in oGCDs than GCDs, unless they decide to have shield breaks feed the fairy gauge instead of Aetherflow usage. But, the fairy gauge doesn't provide any DPS directly. It's just more healing.

However, if we're talking about SCH's mechanics and DPS, right now, using Aetherflow healing causes a DPS loss since that's one less stack for Energy Drain. This also affects their MP generation. If using Aetherflow healing was like how TBN worked, i.e. TBN breaks, get a free use of Edge/Flood of Darkness/Shadow, then SCH would have one of their core problems fixed.

It still suffers in other areas, but at least I won't feel like shit for using my stacks as the developers want me to.