Suggestion: WHM change

[JacobNewblood]

Effect: Cleanses all debuffs on nearby party members.
Additional effect: Applies five stacks of Blissful Sacrifice to self for 5 seconds.
Action changes to Blissful Sacrifice after activation.
Blissful Sacrifice: Upon activation, extends remaining duration by 5 seconds, afflicts 20% of max hp damage to self and simultaneously reduces max hp by 10% while under the effect of Blissful Sacrifice. Gains 2 stacks of Enduring Faith.

this is where you lose me, friend.
First, there isn't really anywhere where mass esuna is needed. majority of debuffs cant be cleaned. while it would be great for Bad Breaths. that's about it. In a certain fight it may be bad to esuna a debuff. (looking at you e8s)
also
Having a spell that costs ones HP and reduces HP. isn't the way to go.
Let's say, I have 50,000 HP. by using one Sacrifice stack, I lose 30% at first use(the initial 10% HP Reduce and 20% for cast) with 20% every after.
Ill be down to 45,000 hp from the 10% loss, and lose 9,000 HP per cast of sacrifice.(if the 20% is calculated after the 10% loss either way being proportionally the same since its % based)
Trying to use all 5 stacks, without heals, will kill us, and since the stacks only last 5 seconds, you'll need to heal in between or you can be in danger.
i like the concept, and would love to see it come to light, but not in a way that hurts (Literally) us. some mechanics do % HP and some raidwides are BEEFY. and since it leads to a DMG tool, many would not rather hold it.

But please SE give WHm Seraph strike and have it give us a 15 Second Cleric Stance..

[Katoar]

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Hello,

To address some of the points made:
- The detrimental effects applied from using Blissful Sacrifice are put in place to give room for skill expression. If executed properly Blissful Sacrifce's effect can be reduced only to 2.5% of max HP damage to self per stack activated.
- People are not supposed to use Benediction and then use 5x Blissful Sacrifice without thinking and considering the possible risks associated with it. I think this is what makes it a button that is not pressed on cooldown.
- The AoE cleanse is a flavour effect that does come in hand every now and then in casual content and people can utilize it without having mastered the other mechanics of the ability. Also, the battle design team can always introduce cleansable debuffs in savage. We had some in E8S. We saw that the number of multiple AoE-s in quick succession increased significantly this expansion and I would bet it was because of how Lilybell works. So we already know there is communication between battle design and job design teams.
- WHM already has access to oGCD heals and free lilies. I think knowing how to heal yourself is making this more interesting.
- My idea is to have the Stacks of Blissful Sacrifice always deal 20% of max hp prior to getting your HP reduced from its detrimental effect. Using 5x stack at worse will reduce your HP to only 1 point. Players will not be able to use it if their HP is lower than 15% unless they are under the effect of The Tree of Life aura or have a stack of Blood Spilled (original name - Offering).
- I think holding and choosing the right moment to use buttons creates more engaging gameplay.