SCH rework for 6.0

[Jonnycbad]

I would like to see SCH become more of a tactical mage than a fairy mage. More oGCDs that modify/enhance their core GCD spells like Emergency Tactics/Deployment Tactics. Similar to how MCH was reworked from a Gunner to more of a traditional FF-series Machinist. Current fairy skills are rolled into the Strategems as well.

This is my idea for a rebuild.


SCH keeps Aetherflow and its associated skills, but every time they use a stack of Aetherflow, they gain 1 stack of Strategem instead of Faerie Gauge. Similar to how every stack of AF a SMN uses, they gain Aethertrail Atunement. SCH can store up to 5 charges of Strategem and they can use Strategem charges on the following oGCDs.

Strategems
Emergency Tactics: Unchanged.
Deployment Tactics: Unchanged.
Parsimony: Spell MP cost -20% for 10s.
Celerity: 30% Haste for 12 seconds.
Manifestation: Next Ruin becomes Shadow Flare (new animation like Ascian Prime's). Broil becomes Meltdown. Despite names and animations,they're AoE versions of the same spells and associated potencies that make them stronger than Art of War.
Modus Veritas: Bane

New regular oGCDs
Embrava: Whispering Dawn (now also has a weak Refresh effect as well)
Rapture: Fey Illumination
Tranquility: Fey Covenant
Tabula Rasa: Converts 5 Strategem Charges into 3 AF charges; or maybe converts them 1:1 but gives a 30s debuff where you cannot gain any Strategems from using AF. Basically, this replaces Dissipation.

[Naoki34]

Guys... ShB 5.0 isn't release yet...
Enjoy the extension already... For the 2 next years...

[Brandedblade]

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While they probably should've done something like this from the get go, the fairy is so woven into the classes's lore that this probably wont ever happen.

[Videra]

Literally just give SCH energy drain back, the problem will (Mostly) resolve itself.

[fantasticm]

Parsimony: Spell MP cost -20% for 10s.
Celerity: 30% Haste for 12 seconds.

lmao...... bruh

[Hysterior]

I don't think they will wait 6.0 to make some changes.
They have always been good at taking user feedback and seeing how they can be implemented.
I don't see why they would change that now...

[LeonTrifang]

Yes! I agree with this completely! Well.... mainly just the non fairy versions of the fairy moves.

[LariaKirin]

No, for two reasons:
- You're talking about 6.0 before 5.0 is out.
- Aetherflow II is nowhere close to a rework

[MintnHoney]

I don't think they will wait 6.0 to make some changes.
They have always been good at taking user feedback and seeing how they can be implemented.
I don't see why they would change that now...

To be honest, they're good at taking user feedback for their more favored classes. The healer role, historically, has received ill-thought out bandaid fixes over the past few expansions, coupled with multiple excuses as to why user feedback is not able to be implemented at the time they choose to discuss it, which is usually during a live letter. At the current moment, they've chosen not to address concerns during the previous live letter, and they have not made any personal statements regarding the concerns outside of select interviews (of which, some feel as if they're trying to get him to address the issues while being unable to outright ask him about them, which reeks of PR neckbreathing).

I believe there's nothing wrong with trying to look beyond the current expansion anyway, since development for the next expansion should have already begun, at least, a preliminary planning phase.