I posted a thought on it on another post, but I may as well make a standalone and see what the community thinks.

I believe the solution to SMNs when it comes to DPS and MP issue is to decrease aetherflow just a bit. Decrease the recast time to 60sec to 45sec, exclusive to SMNs alone. It doesn't need a potency buff nor needs to decrease MP cost on abilities. By doing this it can help SMNs keep their DPS in the standard ppl are expecting overtime at the same time makes it easier to keep your MP numbers to feel relieved. The recast time can be 50sec, but I want to make sure that it doesn't break balance of the job and make it to where it's on par w/ the other job's DPS.

What do you think? Does it need a decrease or something else. It took me weeks to think on this.