Quote Originally Posted by Connor View Post
It’s no more or less boring in my opinion, does the exact same as Energy Drain but a bit more interesting than just ‘press for damage’. It doesn’t necessarily need to be a direct damage increase either, there are tons of interesting kinds of utility they could add to an Aetherflow dump besides direct damage

As I said MP issues are not something I’ve come across personally but I’m aware others have said differently (though it was largely mitigated by the Art of War changes)
The reason people want a DPS aetherflow dump over a buff dump is because a DPS dump comes off as risk vs reward. Do I risk that extra damage but not have a heal later? the problem with the buff is that it doesn't have the same impact, especially if it were as spammable as a DPS option, because then it couldn't have enough of an impact to really be more than a "may as well, got nothing else to do with it I guess" (not to say ED never did fall under that, but it was much easier to be greedy and be punished for it than a buff would) If we can't have ED back, then I would suggest giving SCH 1 or 2 dots back (which I still want back regardless of ED or not) and then giving us something along the lines of fester. Make the DPS aetherflow more interactive, and you're rewarded for having your dots up.