Summoner Early Post-Launch Feedback at level 80

[CecMiller]

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... Same for ED changes. Make it 60s? Return aetherflow back?(this one is insane we only got ability to NOT WAIT EVER prepull and you want damn thing back? yikes) Binding aetherflow stacks back to dwt? All this ideas do is disrupting rotation for no good reason. Literally didn't see one good idea about changing smn flow that can be implemented by 5.1 or 5.2 in the whole thread.
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Even if it's just flavor then what? You want 1% party wide damage buff every 2 minutes? LOL Get ready to that potency nerf.

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Quoting the ones I have my biggest issues with.

ED Changes are an obvious fix. Read the quote above from Yoshida. They failed on all counts on what their changes were intending to do. They simply changed the stress button from "Aetherflow" to Dreadywyrm Trance or Firebird Trance and they're both worse for it. And, I dont know about the others, but I still stress about using Aetherflow on cooldown. Its not like polygot where we just get charges just for maintaining Astral fire/umbral ice. Aetherflow may not be as important to the cycle, but DWT and FBT cause far more stress than Aetherflow ever did as you could hold your stacks and use them when you want. With FBT and DWT, you need to be in combat and have a target to make use of them.

The fix with regards to pre-pull is exceedingly obvious and I'm surprised you didnt catch it. Instead of giving us 0 stacks pre-pull they could have.... given us full stacks after every wipe/instance entry? A wacky idea probably to them. I definately had a shocked pikachu face when they decided to do the change they did.

If not giving us full 3 stacks then...A ninja ability like hide? Use Aetherflow -> Use Hide like ability -> Aetherflow is ready again. Wait time approximately 5s. Energy Siphon could easily have been a button that did exactly this than its current incarnation. Further still, other jobs still have pre-pull requirements with dancer around 20 or so seconds. So the problem hasn't been solved in its entirely and I dont think any of the above solutions are out of line.

The system using Aetherflow was UNDENIABLY better in every way. You never had to delay your cycle as you do now given intermissions/downtimes and it made everything amazingly flexible and fun. SMN received massive changes in 4.1 and it can do so again in 5.1/5.2 if needed.

As for the phoenix buff, I'd just want our burst phase to be more solidified (or something minor, but anything other than some random heal) so maybe the old DWT 10% magic bonus for ourselves only and the potencies on our abilities in that phase adjusted accordingly, or if we're found to be too weak, not adjusted at all. Honestly, if they just released our potency abilities a bit weaker and called the flavourful move "Phoenix blessing" and it granted you bonus magical damage % for you only, there would be no conversation to be had. The only gains would be the 2x Fester use inside FBT at 10% meaning an extra 60 potency which is hardly make or break when its every 2 minutes.