Scholar Aetherflow Issues

[EaMett]

Indom without a cd and stacks would be broken. Just saying. Meta would be solo heal sch.

As for the criticism of not having anything to dump your aetherflow into besides healing? Get with the program, that's how Whm lilies work too.

Not even remotely comparable. The healing component of afflatus skills is irrelevant to the gameplay. It's only bonus. If tomorrow you took away all the healing from the skills and removed rapture to only keep solace as an instant cast that does NOTHING (short of huilding the blood lily), it would still be a cornerstone of WHM gameplay and be used regularly. Afflatus skills are basically a Ruin II with healing attached. Actually, not only that but it's a better Ruin II since it can be used to single weave and has no mana cost.

Even if that weren't readily obvious. The fact that lilies allow for some form of dps and AF does not should've been a good clue that they aren't the same.

[Gemina]

Indom without a cd and stacks would be broken. Just saying. Meta would be solo heal sch.

Nah. AST can already lightspeed+helios with nearly the same potency as Indom. I also said that the aetherflow skills would all share the recast timer, so you can't just mindlessly spam Indom. Aetherflow within itself already limits Indom usage, there really isn't a need for an excessive CD of 30-45 seconds when aetherflow itself is on a 60s CD, and can't be used outside of combat.

[EaMett]

Nah. AST can already lightspeed+helios with nearly the same potency as Indom. I also said that the aetherflow skills would all share the recast timer, so you can't just mindlessly spam Indom. Aetherflow within itself already limits Indom usage, there really isn't a need for an excessive CD of 30-45 seconds when aetherflow itself is on a 60s CD, and can't be used outside of combat.

I made my post before reading yours. What recast timer are we talking about here? Also lightspeed has it's own cd and 15 s uptime, different from having access to your kit whenever. One thing is certain, indom on AF without cooldowns definitely would not work. That's potentially 12 indoms every 3mn (6 in a row) in addition to fairy skills.... not gonna fly lol.

[Gemina]

I made my post before reading yours. What recast timer are we talking about here? Also lightspeed has it's own cd and 15 s uptime, different from having access to your kit whenever. One thing is certain, indom on AF without cooldowns definitely would not work. That's potentially 12 indoms every 3mn (6 in a row) in addition to fairy skills.... not gonna fly lol.

The recast timer I'm talking about currently does not exist. It would have to be implemented if AF skills had their CDs reduced. I never disclosed what it should be, only that all AF skills would share that timer. Lightspeed isn't any different from AF in the sense that they are both used for burst healing. The true difference is LS is on a 120s CD, but can have 20s shaved off it through Essential Dignity. They would balance out quite well if AF skill recast timers were reduced.

Let's go ahead and say that doing this would make SCH AF skills too OP. That's fine; so remove indom as an aetherflow skill if that is the case. The point remains the same that it is a flawed design to have skills utilize multiple resources, and also extremely annoying. It makes a job feel clunky.[/QUOTE]