Emergency Tactics should include instant cast

[JonFarron]

I feel like all of you have forgotten the major struggle of trying to heal up a group taking large amounts of AoE damage, in which the other healer may have died/disconnected/thrown off the edge or simply out of mana. Emergency Tactics gives scholars an amazing skill to use in EMERGENCIES. (It's even in the skill name, people) Yes, in normal situations you won't need it, but omg huge damage coming and you cant keep up? Emergency tactics for a giant heal. Just think back to Titan Extreme and all of those stomps with your White Mage partner off the edge/dead. Scholars literally had the WORST time with that. If something similar were to ever come up again I'm sure all of you would be praising SE for this amazing skill.

The one skill I would change is Dissipation. Change the potency to 30% to match with White Mage's Divine Seal, and allow you to summon the OTHER fairy at not cost (maybe instant cast?) while the one you sacrificed is on CD.

[shawnaus1986]

All these new SCH spells are situational... they aren't going to give us anymore OP shields. SCH are OP single healers as it is and we have strong shield potential. I think we should stop gripping over this omg! At least we didn't end of like astro or bard -.-

[Ex_Nihil]

All these new SCH spells are situational... they aren't going to give us anymore OP shields. SCH are OP single healers as it is and we have strong shield potential. I think we should stop gripping over this omg! At least we didn't end of like astro or bard -.-

People need to remember the whole story behind SCH, and by extension, the Arcanist... They're master tacticians. Their whole thing was knowing exactly what to do, when to do it, and all the intricacies behind their actions. The Scholar knows its strengths, its weaknesses, and how to bolster them. Both tactics fit the flavor of the job. Can't quite figure out Dissipation though...

Emo Tactics amounts to a GCD Lustrate that can be used once per Emo Tactics cooldown. It makes for a HUGE AoE heal if you combo it with Succor, Indomitibility and Whispering Dawn. Ravana comes to mind as a potential use for that.

[Slark]

Although its been said already, I think it should be said again.

Emergency tactics lets you cast adlo/succor in succession

Ever had to heal a tank taking a large, steady amount of damage? you would Adlo > Physick > Adlo > Physick, and pop cooldowns/lustrates when needed.
Emergency Tactics lets you go: Adlo > Adlo > Adlo, or Succor > Succor > Succor for steady AOE damage. This is a HUGE benefit. Also, an ET adlo is not "a cure 2."

ET Adlo crits for insane numbers, iirc, its around what... 9,000-10,000 HP in one spell? without fey, conval, or anything? Physick crits for what, 4.5-5.5k? Replacing a physick with an ET adlo is an undeniably huge HPS increase, and ET Succor coupled with Indomability gives us a ton of extra AOE healing.

Dissipation is the worst of the skills, followed by Deployment Tactics, which is saying something considering DT is pretty good compared to some skills other classes got. Honestly, If you could resummon a fairy while the Dissipation duration was on, or even just be allowed to cancel the buff to resummon a fairy it wouldn't be so bad. Deployment Tactics has its moments too, but, honestly, I think the range of it is a little lackluster, its annoying how you can't use it on yourself to control the positioning of it, and I dont think a possibly partially absorbed AOE adlo shield every 2 minutes can compare to the type of security and HPS increase emergency tactics provides.

Obviously, a skill like this is more needed in solo healing, or assigned split healing, but what ET provides is independence, security, and peace of mind that you are less reliant on lustrate, and you can now AOE heal at a much stronger level, so you don't need to be dependent on another healer, which is especially good seeing as how popular duty finder raiding seems to be.

[Blessedbythesun]

For tl;dr you can cast adlo and succor immediately after using emergency tactics while it is still in animation. The ability is fine as is.

In cases that. You needed it when you are out of or holding aetherflow stacks and/or indomitablilty is still on CD,
Succor > emergency tactics > succor

I use it less with adlo unless tanks are dangerously low on HP as it is still more MP efficient to go with adlo then physick and manual embrace spam.

[Gallus]

Emergency Tactics lets you go: Adlo > Adlo > Adlo, or Succor > Succor > Succor

Nice on paper, but I don't think that works as well. What works well is ET Adlo > Adlo, or ET Succor > Succor. But Adlo > ET Adlo > Adlo...
By the time ET's animation is over in your second Adlo/Succor, you've easily wasted there an entire second of GCD...might as well just Adlo > Physick.

[Shikiseki]

I can see Emergency Adlo being useful when you're out of stacks but I usually burn that cd on Emergency succor. Of course you can use 1 Lustrate to stabilise the tank, then emergency Adlo to top him off without burning another aetherflow stack. The skill is good as it is imo.

[ckc22]

Can't quite figure out Dissipation though...

That's because Dissipation is a tactical mistake.

[Werhusky]

Had a few dungeons with those run-off-tanks DPS were still at last boss and needed zoning in but tank had already pulled full room... when you burned your lustrates ET <3

[Slark]

Nice on paper, but I don't think that works as well. What works well is ET Adlo > Adlo, or ET Succor > Succor. But Adlo > ET Adlo > Adlo...
By the time ET's animation is over in your second Adlo/Succor, you've easily wasted there an entire second of GCD...might as well just Adlo > Physick.

I don't know what kind of internet or computer you're playing on, but I literally have zero delay between heal > ET heal > heal, and its been extremely helpful on dungeon rushes and a4.

Adloquium is a base of 2 seconds. GCD is a base of 2.5 seconds, meaning there is .5 seconds where you have nothing to do. If you cast ET during that timeframe, there's absolutely zero delay if you are playing on a computer that isn't lagging (me).

ET is not on the GCD, so it cannot "waste an entire second of GCD." Not really sure what you mean by this.

Cast Adlo > Lustrate > Adlo on yourself, and you will run into a period where you cannot cast the second adloquium for a short time because you're sitting in Lustrate's animation restriction, because lustrate's animation restriction is approximately 1-1.25 seconds long.
Emergency Tactics' animation restriction is incredibly short; its approximately .3-.5 seconds long.
Cast Adlo > ET Adlo, and you should not experience delay between adloquiums if you have a decent computer.

If you arent sure what an animation restriction is, or don't believe that some spells/skills have different restrictions, go use healer LB3 and sit there for 15 hours to get an idea.