Is it really too much to ask SE to buff Ruin II and tune around it?

[Hanayumi]

Id be ok if they got rid of ED again but they really need to do something else. Someone mentioned a fairly decent idea, do something similar to Smn ruin. So like everytime you spend aetherflow on a heal, your next ruin II gets buffed up or changes into an improved version. That way your healing with aetherflow like the devs keep wanting but your losing on dps.

[EaMett]

Id be ok if they got rid of ED again but they really need to do something else. Someone mentioned a fairly decent idea, do something similar to Smn ruin. So like everytime you spend aetherflow on a heal, your next ruin II gets buffed up or changes into an improved version. That way your healing with aetherflow like the devs keep wanting but your losing on dps.

This would be homogenizing healers even more. You might as well play whm at this point if that's the kind of mechanic you enjoy. ED and stack management are central to SCH's identity IMO. It's inevitable that SCH aetherstacks will have last priority among healer OGCDs. If SE wanted to balance healing more they would lower the cost to dps of GCD healing for the class.

Right now, whether it's ogcds or gcds, AST have top priority on heals, they should at least readjust that on the GCD front.

[ForteNightshade]

Id be ok if they got rid of ED again but they really need to do something else. Someone mentioned a fairly decent idea, do something similar to Smn ruin. So like everytime you spend aetherflow on a heal, your next ruin II gets buffed up or changes into an improved version. That way your healing with aetherflow like the devs keep wanting but your losing on dps.

This will only result in throwing out pointless heals for damage. White Mage already does this; burning Lilies during downtime purely to build towards Misery. The issue is, and always has been, the sheer lack of healing requirements in fights.