A fix for SMN MP problems

[Aurelinaus]

Add a mp steal effect to fester ta-da!

60%-70% mp stolen per damage done wouldn't be an obscene amount and would not buff scholars.

[point09micron]

This is the most stupid thing I've read in any of the 20 "fix summoner" threads currently on the first page of the forum.

[Lavieh]

Let's make Energy drain useless for SMN yay!

[ManaKing]

Just make Fester a trait for Energy Drain. SMN now Festers and Energy Drains 100% of the time against single targets. Broken? probably not.

[point09micron]

Just make Fester a trait for Energy Drain. SMN now Festers and Energy Drains 100% of the time against single targets. Broken? probably not.

And thus SMN has one less action than the other 9 jobs.

[Delta041]

How about instead of giving us more useless spell speed. Pet crits give us 5 or so seconds of refresh instead?

I also think Fester should have a crit effect like adlo. Maybe 25% chance to restore a aetherflow stack on crit.

[point09micron]

How about instead of giving us more useless spell speed. Pet crits give us 5 or so seconds of refresh instead?

I also think Fester should have a crit effect like adlo. Maybe 25% chance to restore a aetherflow stack on crit.

The first idea is decent, though it would need to be 6 since MP ticks are on a 3 second clock. The second one though, wouldn't that just make the MP issues even worse by causing you to use Aetherflow less often?

[Delta041]

The second one though, wouldn't that just make the MP issues even worse by causing you to use Aetherflow less often?

I was thinking more along the line of using the free aetherflow stack for energy drain. Maybe have a fester crit make the next energy drain not use up an aetherflow stack would be more direct.

[point09micron]

Yes, stating it that way makes it more clear, and also a good idea. It would be like the synergy between Sacred Soil and Succor.

[Tex_Mex]

Add a mp steal effect to fester ta-da!

60%-70% mp stolen per damage done wouldn't be an obscene amount and would not buff scholars.

I'm not sure that this is a great idea, since it pretty much removes the need for a SMN to ever cast energy drain. I would prefer something like:

Using fester grants a 50% chance to make the next energy drain cost no aetherflow.

This does a few things:
1) Grants the SMN some additional MP to help solve their MP starvation issues
2) Grants the SMN a very minor single target dps buff (which they need anyways)
3) Does not destroy energy drain
4) Keeps the buffs out of SCH hands. SCH does not need a buff at this time.