Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
Which has what remote relevance to not wanting to spend 5 buttons on lilies when the capacity (potency recovery, burst, and weave-space) could be more smoothly granted by far fewer?.
The reason why I didn't bother with reasonable consolidation for Afflatus Medica 2 and Cure 3 is because Idgaf about button bloat. I only bother with making suggestions that cater to that asinine subject because otherwise I get stuck in pointless arguments with people that argue button bloat, like we're currently having.

A ST non-snapshotting DoT on a 2-minute cooldown that ideally ought to be popped before raid buffs =/= a 1-minute, 2 charge linear AoE oGCD that ought to be popped within raid buffs. Play DRK in dungeons and see how well you like only being able to use a powerful AoE behind a ST DoT rarely useful in trash.
Given my personal stance on Button Bloat, I don't want them to. I'm just stating possible ways that SE could justify consolidating skills, however asinine they might be.

But let's also note that you've then put Aquaveil and Lilybell (which, btw, are not merely Afflatus Medica II or Afflatus Cure III) on a shared resource cost with your other Lily skills and, most likely, force them onto the GCD.
Because I legitimately suggested that in the past, at least for Lilybell anyways.

If that were a vital concern, though, the far more direct, comprehensive, and obvious solution requires no additional buttons: reduce their MP costs (or that of WHM's overall kit per average use) or re-buff Thin Air. You don't spend 2 buttons on what can be better solved passively.
More boring way if you ask me and it's one of my main gripes about the button bloat argument. It's just boring. No creative solutions for solving a problem, just the same old same old