Quote Originally Posted by Whichi View Post
Im not forgetting anything energy drain also applys to faerie gauge not just healing actons.. Plus my point saying that its going to stay in the same spot as stormblood means that it was rarely used. The point is that it is not NEEDED theres always something else that will get the job done better. Also you will RARELY get every player to get all ticks of soil for the full 600 potency or there will be overheal because you want to mitigate something. The point is anytime you think you can use "sacred soil" The reality is that there is a better cheaper option that isnt sacred soil. Lilys star any astro off gcd recitation abilites fairy skills. Sacred soil is just not needed. Even when i run shiva SAVAGE the hardest current fight as SCH i never use any atherflow healing(aside from recitation indoms or excogs) because its not really needed. its just extra and totally wasteful causing you to lose damage in most scenarios.
The fact that Energy Drain also generates fae guage does not change my stance on that matter. Every aetherflow stack you use outside of Dissapation has the potential to be an extra batch of healing via Fey Union and Fey Blessing, so no it is a factor I'm keeping in mind concerning the effectiveness of Sacred Soil compared to collective. It means that Energy Drain has the capacity to store some healing for later when its needed, and your aetherflow heals have extra effective potency.

I would, however like to look at another skill you've used to compare against Sacred. That being whm lillies. Whm lillies are only a dps gain in fights where Misery can be used on two or more targets. Each lily you cast is a Glare not being cast, and while Misery does refund them, it effectively looses one glare cast in the process.

3x Lily + Misery = 900 potency
4x Glare = 1200 potency.

So in the case of WHM/SCH. The 150 potency of using an aetherflow skill can be less then the 300 potency WHM looses using lilies and Misery. So what I'm seeing is that, outside of cleave encounters it's worth more dps to trade an energy Drain to do say Sacred Soil or a non Recitation-Indom to prevent a WHM from needing to use a lily.