future abilities

[samkitwood]

so i was wondering what kind of abilities youd like to see for the healers level 60-70??
id personally like;

AST- double draw (maybe a 4-5 min cooldown) with luck would allow an instant aoe balance or extended arrow
SCH- more fairy buffs akin to fey covenant , but for both fairies. selenes haste is pretty good but the others are very situational. give them more than 3 abilities each
- maybe a shield over time kinda thing where each tick of say a 10 second period creates a shield around a single party member, would help tanks survivability during multiple heavy hits
WHM- how about a reflect spell seen as its been a whm move since like forever (works as magic damage negation, long gcd as would be OP)
-stone pillar: seen as they have the stone dps moves maybe an aoe stone , less potency than holy but a cheaper mp cost , would save cc blizz2

[nexas506]

No more abilities. We need new traits to upgrade the ones we have. People are already starting to feel the strain of ability overload after HW came out. I don't wanna think about how another 5 could fit in to my already over crowded hot bars.

Sorry about being such a downer.

[Roxas_Andrade]

No more abilities. We need new traits to upgrade the ones we have.

I agree. Although I want at least one new skill for every job, if we could have some traits to upgrade some of our skills, it would be nice. Leave new skills to new classes...

[Valknut]

No more abilities. We need new traits to upgrade the ones we have. People are already starting to feel the strain of ability overload after HW came out. I don't wanna think about how another 5 could fit in to my already over crowded hot bars.

Sorry about being such a downer.

This is only true for so many jobs. WHM an AST don't fill 3 hot bars SCH fills 3+ pet bar. Some classes could use more abilities others could use more traits.

While I only play DRK I assume WAR an PLD are a 2 hot bar esk situation compared to DRK close to 3 full. Could be wrong haven't even looked just assuming.

[Beam1249]

I'd like to see an ability that changes Noct sect's card set to debuffs instead of buffs. Arrow would give slow instead of haste, bole would have the enemy take more damage, etc. It'd make running AST/AST a lot more viable, and make Noct sect have a use.

[Rawrz]

SCH:
Ruin becoming an aoe (increased mp cost with radius of bane)
Silent dusk upgraded to an aoe dps skill based on mind (lol I just want that gone)
Maybe 4th aetherflow
Dps increase on energy drain?
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Remove antibody from virus?
Deployment tactics resets the duration of active feywinds/whispering dawn

[HPDelron]

I'd probably split it between new traits and abilities. Assuming 5 benefits total I might want something like this for scholar:

62 (Ability) Aetheric Focus: The next spell you cast within 10s will automatically have a critical effect. Instant Cast. Costs 1 Aetherflow. 30s CD.
64 (Trait) Improved Galvanize: When your galvanize effects expire due to reaching the end of their duration the subject is healed for 1/2 the remaining value of the effect.
66 (Ability) Ruin Burst: Deals Unaspected damage with potency 80 to target and all enemies near it. Increases the duration of your effects on enemies damaged by 10s. Instant Cast. Costs 1 Aetherflow. 12s CD.
68 (Trait) Quickening: 10% Chance each time you hit a target with Broil that your next Adloquium within 20s will have no cast time.
80 (Ability) Preperation Tactics: Reduces the duration of your next Galvanize to 5 seconds but increases the value of the effect by 50%. Instant Cast. 120s CD.

[Eloah]

68 (Trait) Quickening: 10% Chance each time you hit a target with Broil that your next Adloquium within 20s will have no cast time.

Why would you have a Trait that relies on you being in a DPS stance to heal more on Adlo? Wouldn't it be better to to either have the trait be all healing or all DPS. Like 10% chance everytime you use Physick. Adlo will instantly cast just the Galvanized effect. Or a 10% chance that each use of Broil might cost no MP.

[HPDelron]

Why would you have a Trait that relies on you being in a DPS stance to heal more on Adlo? Wouldn't it be better to to either have the trait be all healing or all DPS. Like 10% chance everytime you use Physick. Adlo will instantly cast just the Galvanized effect. Or a 10% chance that each use of Broil might cost no MP.

The design here is that scholars often (mostly, even) are going to be spending much time in Cleric's stance DPSing and switching over to heal either in response to specific mechanics that need mitigation or in response to something going wrong. Since the window is quite large (20s) it's very likely that you can keep the buff up once you've been in DPS mode for a while. This means when you drop Cleric's stance to go heal mode you've got an instant Adlo on hand. The trait is not really meant to improve DPS or healing raw power but instead to provide a more flexible transition time between the two activities that demands you've been dpsing a while (not available at will or when purely healing).

The numbers might need tuning say 20%, 30s or something to make sure keeping the buff up happens naturally whenever you continuously DPS but the basic idea is it gives you a bit more oomph at the moment of the switch. Possible addition along those lines: "No cast time and no cooldown (puts it off oGCD)" though that might be really good.

Consider it also in the context of the rest of the additional kit. Prep Tactics is similarly a short-window response tool. One can imagine DPSing riding the quickening buff and Prep Tactics->Instant Aldo in response to say a telegraphed heavy tank buster, someone getting marked by some kind of prey mechanic or just someone about to get caught by into an AoE. Sure you can kind of say this is the kit because of Swiftcast but that's A) A more general tool. B) Something that feels awkward because of the delay in the buff application, which wouldn't be an issue here since it's presumably already on-hand due to the overlapping 20/30s durations.

[SaitoHikari]

I like the alternating trait/ability idea.

62 (Ability) Mind over Matter: The user lets loose a burst of protective energy that shields party members from most enfeebling effects. Enemies within range also receive a debuff that prevents them from inflicting critical hits. Duration of shielding: 10 seconds. Duration of critical debuff: 15 seconds. Cooldown: 120 seconds. (Shields against any debuff that's curable by Esuna. No limit on the amount of debuffs that can be shielded against as long as the buff is active.)
64 (Trait) Empowered Mind: Presence of Mind additionally grants a +10% boost to Mind.
66 (Ability) Winds of Purity: Halves the base cast time for all area of effect spells, as well as lowering MP cost by 20%. Duration: 10 seconds. Cooldown: 150 seconds. (Affects Medica I/II, Cure III, Aero III, and Holy. Stacks with Presence of Mind.)
68 (Trait) Fluid Aether: Fluid Aura now restores the user's MP equal to how much damage it inflicts. Additionally, Fluid Aura will no longer miss.
80 (Ability) Fountain of Mercy: Creates a field that inflicts water-aspected damage over time with a potency of 60. Additionally, party members within the field will take 10% less damage. Field duration: 20 seconds. Cooldown: 150 seconds.

Winds of Purity should probably be replaced with something else though, since it is kinda redundant with Presence of Mind (and quite possibly broken in combination as well, although it'd also drain MP like crazy). Giving WHMs another offensive ability might be quite problematic though. A reraise skill might be problematic too when taking balance with other healers into account.