Some ideas to consolidate buttons/reduce button bloat

[Jonnycbad]

Physick should just get traited to turn into something else for SMN. I don't know if they could trait it into something offensive because every other trait-changed skill is the same skill with different animation and potency, but ideally, it would change it something else and free up that button, maybe make it into something like 700 potency ST regen so it more or less matches Vercure's potency but less immediate, but more useful than Physick (and scales with INT).

[Feronar]

Combine all 1 2 3 combos to single buttons like they do in PvP.

[Taikugemu]

Since I didn't see anyone mentioning it: Merge Fire IV and Blizzard IV in the same button, since their use is tied to Astral/Umbral phases.

[Eloah]

Make cure 1, benefic 1, and physick upgrade to cure 2, benefic 2, and adlo respectively. I can't think of any situation where using these baby spells is useful. As soon as you get the "rank ups" you will never use the others again. Total waste, but can't delete them off your bar in case you get thrown into a terribly low dungeon.

Why is this suggestion even a thing? Okay there are issues with this that I don't think people even pay attention to.

One is the MP cost for Cure II, as it doesn't match the MP/potency the same as Cure. Benefic and Benefic II use to have this issue as well, but with the recent AST changes the MP/potency is equal. And the MP/potency definitely don't match up for Adlo.

The second issue that many people overlook/ignore, is that Adloquium IS NOT a second tier heal, it is a "gimmick" heal, akin to Regen and Aspected Benefic. SCH doesn't have a second tier single target GCD heal. I know several people have stated that Adlo can/does function as a Cure II/Benefic II equivalent, and while that is not "inaccurate" the fact you need an additional skill to accomplish this indicates it is not.

Now I am not saying SE couldn't do the upgrades, but they would have to add a Physick II and adjust MP costs