Ideas to replace or rework dissipation

[Marcu18]

I had some. 1)Summon 3- Sapphire carbuncle: extra 20% magic potency while its out. Its actions would be healing actions of ruby. Example contagion increases dot by 15s but this would work on beneficial ones.
or 2) Reflect- 30s galvanizes redirect the damage back at attacker(s)

[Cynfael]

At this point I'd be happy if they simply expanded the Dissipation bonus to affect attack magic as well since just about the only thing it's good for is weaving additional Energy Drains during DPS phases.

[GideonHighmourn]

At this point I'd be happy if they simply expanded the Dissipation bonus to affect attack magic as well since just about the only thing it's good for is weaving additional Energy Drains during DPS phases.

I'd be fine with this. It's all I really use the skill for anyways; at the start of a fight as an opener for 9 Energy Drains.

WTB more DPS

[Roxas_Andrade]

At this point I'd be happy if they simply expanded the Dissipation bonus to affect attack magic as well since just about the only thing it's good for is weaving additional Energy Drains during DPS phases.

This and an instant AOE heal centered on the fairy, like if she exploded in a healing dust field and the dust would come back to you giving full aetherflow and the Rouse effect (Increases Cure magic potency and damage dealt by pet by 40%. While roused, pet will be immune to stun, sleep, bind, heavy, paralysis, and disease for 20s.)

[Wizarus]

I wouldn't mind it being changed, but I've gotten pretty used to having full stacks at the end of boss fights.

[Eloah]

I forget what thread it was but I made the suggestion that they change Dissipation into the Scholar version of Enkindle., and have Eos have a healing spell and Selene a defensive one. I'll see if I can find the post and post it here too.

[Marcu18]

Its just dissipation is a level 60 ability and it feels like its the worst ability we(as scholars) get. If it change or replaced, i might use it.

[Tegh]

When you're talking about heals per second w/ Dissipate, you have to factor in the fact that it gives you, for example, 3 600 potency heals off GCD.

Heal potency is increased by 20%, so Physick goes from 400 to 480 potency, at the cost of 300 potency w/ 3.0 (not 2.5)s cooldown from the fairy.

400 / 2.5 is 160 HPS.
480 / 2.5 is 192 HPS.
Fairy: 300 / 3.0 is 100 HPS.

So we see you lose some throughput w/o fairy.

However, you just gained 3 Aetherflow stacks.

You can only Lustrate 3 times. So we have to average out the numbers over the duration of Dissipation's buff.

Over 30 seconds, you use Lustrate thrice, spamming Physick 12 times.

((3 x 600) + (12 x 480)) / 30 = 252 HPS

That's 8 less potency per second than SCH + Fairy. How much of a difference do you think that makes? You gain the value of having 3 emergency heals. You can also use Indomitability or Sacred Soil. If the fight is long, resummoning will cost MP tho.

Feel free to correct any mistakes.

[Budi]

IMO Dissipation is a DPS ability first. A way to sacrifice some healing to gain an extra 3 Energy Drains.
Secondly you can actually use it if your are out of MP, because if that happens it's most likely at the end of the fight.
And lastly you could use it to get a stronger Adloquium effect on your tanks and party. Though I would have to see a use for that yet. (In T13 it might have been useful)

[Zaresin]

Its a useless skill. Its not even on my bars. Why sacrifice utility when using it just to punish yourself 30 seconds later to either swiftcast (wasting it) a summon or go through the full channel. No thanks. If i want to have less utility to the group I'll play my AST.