I fear for Summoner

[Viviza]

I question for the hardcore SMN. How much of a DPS hit is it if you add Aetherflow > Energy Drain X 3 every 3 or 4 rotations? I did some test on Dummy and found that restores around 1400 mp with my current gear set.

I'm not a hardcore summoner but I'll throw some numbers at you. At i110 my energy drains hit for about 500 while my festers hit for about 1000. At three times a minute that's a difference of 1500 damage, so a loss of 25 dps in exchange for 798 mana. Those numbers are without using any buffs, not in a group, not using food, not including crits, and not with the very best gear. If we say that my DPS with all those would be maybe 50% higher, then the actual loss would be maybe around 35 to 40.