what can be done to improve the phys ranged situation?

[Jeeqbit]

It used to be shared with Fey Blessing, but it doesn't seem like it is anymore. I'm not sure how I feel about it replacing Aether Flow. I like Aether Flow.

I don't know how it could be separated in the lore either because one is referring to your personal aether stores and the other is referring to the aether you have channeled into the faerie so that it can heal more. They could simply rename the faerie gauge to Aether Flow, but having all my heals disrupt Fey Union and drain the gauge would be annoying and make my healing significantly worse. It would probably cause me to let the tank die in some of the worst pulls where I already burn through all of my heals, such as leveling and expansion release dungeons.

[RyuDragnier]

It used to be shared with Fey Blessing, but it doesn't seem like it is anymore. I'm not sure how I feel about it replacing Aether Flow. I like Aether Flow.

I don't know how it could be separated in the lore either because one is referring to your personal aether stores and the other is referring to the aether you have channeled into the faerie so that it can heal more. They could simply rename the faerie gauge to Aether Flow, but having all my heals disrupt Fey Union and drain the gauge would be annoying and make my healing significantly worse. It would probably cause me to let the tank die in some of the worst pulls where I already burn through all of my heals, such as leveling and expansion release dungeons.

My idea would basically replace how a few skills work, including Fey Union and Dissipation. Fey Union would still focus target the fairy on a single person for a stronger heal, but it doesn't remove gauge. She also will not target anybody else with Embrace (she can still do her AoE heals) during the time Fey Union is active, so you're basically sacrificing her random "heal everybody" for a focused "heal this person" for about 15-20 seconds.