Quote Originally Posted by LariaKirin View Post
Cool idea, but the reward is too high given the example potency. ... I'd put it at 280 potency as a maximum, in order to preserve the 150 potency opportunity cost on Aetherflow heals. Maybe less considering the mobility + double weave window.
The entire point of Vitriol was to remove Energy Drain's opportunity cost, allowing SCH access to half of its healing kit without giving up a sizable amount of potency. The potency is not up for debate.
The ability to double-weave with it is also necessary, since SCH has more weaving with fewer weave slots than WHM. White Mage. White-lowest CPM job-mage. SCH needs this. This or Energy Drain becoming a GCD.

If there's anything that I could be persuaded to nerf about Vitriol, it would be the the availability of use - the DoT's duration.
I went with 24s because that's what Miasma 1 was. It was more of a 'fond nostalgia' choice than a decision founded upon balance. I assumed that the 80 potency loss for using Vitriol over Bio/Swift + ED would be enough de-incentivising overfrequent usage, or the fact that efficient usage wouldn't be on cooldown but rather saved for movement would be a second limiting factor.
But if you're so sure that it needs nerfing, then it's availability that needs looking at, not the core SCH issues that it fixes.

If the DoT duration was increased to something like 42s or 45s, the availability of aetherflow heal slots would be decreased as well. It'd mean that people can't just spam out Soil every 30s, or if they do use it on cooldown they'd lose future Aetherflow heals or have to bite a lost Vitriol in the Aetherflow reset.