Feedback on Aetherial Manipulation.

[Finkledoodoo]

Still utterly crap to use on controller xD

Negative sir...

Here's my tips for AM (I'm on controller):

Tapping the d-pad is super easy. Use the soft target to pick your AM party member. The soft target lets you go right back to your hard target...

Count your party members' position before the fight. Typically, your healers are three and four taps on your dpad...

When in doubt, target the healer. Ranged DPS is also a decent target...

Never do more then four taps to get a target. Tap down to get tanks and healers and up for DPS... Four times any direction should always be second healer...

Advanced tips:

Put AM on your W cross bar. Set the W cross bar to "return to XHB after WXHB input". This, like the soft targeting, lets you get right back to your rotation automatically.

When you cast AM, immediately take a step. Typically, an AOE will activate before your current cast finishes and AM activates. Taking the step will cancel your current cast and the game's built in buffer system will activate your AM. This will clip your cast and bite your DPS, but you won't die and hurt your DPS worse. Of course, if you cast AM when it can activate immediately, your attempt to take the step will be during the animation, so no uptime is lost during an immediate activation...

Know the fight... Nothing much to be said here...

Memorize your rotation. If you can perform your rotation without looking at your mana, you can focus more on environmental awareness. I know my rotation by heart for six rotations straight. That's enough to cover 3 minutes and my convert cd. Once you know that, you can memorize the alternate timings for number of TC procs. Once I learned and practiced the 3 minute six rotations, the alternate timings were easy to memorize. On top of that, if you have to clip a cast because of AM, you can treat it like an alternate timing and you won't lose your rotation flow...

That's all I got for now. Hopefully, it helps... <3