Quote Originally Posted by GrimGale View Post
but I don't personally think its a good niche to be the healer that is punished for using their healing oGCDs by losing DPS.
That's merely a matter of balancing, though. If their rDPS is balanced such that in a fight that needs very little healing, a SCH would stand at least even with an optimized AST, then it's that SCH's rDPS is "punished" by using healing oGCDs for heals, but rather that SCHs have a unique flexibility by which to dump otherwise excessive healing.

Now, if you make it outright obligatory by essentially siphoning offensive potency-per-minute to new-AF (which now requires a target and cannot be used during downtime), then yeah, of course it's going to take from the budget and of course you're going to be balanced around that potency.

Essentially these suggestions make it so there is no longer a choice between Healing or Damaging with your AF, which I think is a good thing for Scholar honestly.
And I have to disagree. I think that choice is a good thing. I'd sooner keep that choice on Aetherflow Stacks/Charges spending than the dull-as-dirt way that Fairy Gauge is generated (and, to be fair, has merely replaced what micromanagement we previously had on our pets and its higher ceiling for nuance).