Thread: Scholar 5.0 Discussion

Can someone please explain how having aether flow not accessible when outside out of combat is a good idea? Like out of all the design changes this is the one I just cannot wrap my head around. Is us being able to pop it and have instant access to stacks and a small amount of mana that game breaking? I really don't get this one. Also, has anyone else noticed that the faeries react time to when I push the button is way slower now? Or is it just me?

Originally Posted by Anselmet

Can someone please explain how having aether flow not accessible when outside out of combat is a good idea? Like out of all the design changes this is the one I just cannot wrap my head around. Is us being able to pop it and have instant access to stacks and a small amount of mana that game breaking? I really don't get this one.

This is the one thing about the Sch changes that has been bugging me the most, especially since your current charges are also cleared upon entering a dungeon.

I wouldn't mind seeing Energy Drain and Bane or Shadowflare comeback in some form. As I have been noticing the aetherflow stack issue, either have had to burn them off super fast to manage a dicey situation, or don't really have much to use them on. Energy Drain and Bane helped with the mp management a number of times, and Shadowflare helped make the incoming damage in larger pulls a bit more manageable. I know I wasn't really using those for damage, but more so could stay focused on the more preemptive nature of Sch healing as well as keep the mp up to maintain that healing too.

Originally Posted by Hawklaser

This is the one thing about the Sch changes that has been bugging me the most, especially since your current charges are also cleared upon entering a dungeon.

It's to get rid of pre pull waiting on AF to come back off cooldown. Was more of an issue with SMN than SCH but yeah that's why. That's also why they fixed dissipation to be in combat only.

Ya it's a bit slow cause now it's one of our skills so we have to wait our character's animation, then the fairy reacts.....

Feels a bit like https://imgur.com/gallery/OPvfe75

Originally Posted by Alphras

SCH won't have any problem in savage raids performance wise, it's pretty powerful.

There will be a problem in raids. Because other 2 healer job’s first pick partner won’t be SCH especially in the early periods when everyone is still updating their IL. It’ll be WHM/AST all the way because of both healing and dpsing potential. And MP managements too. Other roles doesn’t care about the aetherflow problem. They just want the healer to heal in the right time and dpsing the other times. WHM is simply stronger in DPSing and pure healing. And AST can barrier as well as buff the PT more frequently than SCH.