Thread: Scholar 6.0 Rework

Originally Posted by dezzmont

Imagine if Aetherflow DIDN'T have a dump. You only used it on heals. Suddenly if you had aetherflow but no oGCD heals, the choice between using an aetherflow heal and a non-aetherflow heal is a no brainer, just use the aetherflow heal you dummy: they don't cost MP, they heal more, they have shorter recast timers.

We don't have to imagine. That's how it was on launch. And what happened was that we almost stopped using stacks altogether. I've said this before but most content in this game will require about only 10% usage of aetherflow stacks on heals. So if you do a 10mn fight you will only need to use aetherflow in the opener and then never use it again. Not only that but 1) Aetherflow costs an ogcd, + the heals cost an ogcd so you're already dealing with a higher dps loss for healing than you would on other classes. This makes it even worse without a dump 2) You lock yourself out of faerie gauge skills. There's a reason they reverted that disaster of a change at the start of ShB.

Also like others said. Sorting out when to use the stacks for healing and when to use them for DPS is the entire point of the class and the only reason it's even remotely interesting and not an absolutely bore like WHM (though admittedly working around clipping at high level can be its own sport). And yeah I know that despite that, SCH isn't mountains more interesting than WHM right now, but at least stacks and ED give it some flavor.

Originally Posted by SweetPete

If SE wants to get rid of ED then why not just make unused stacks of AF go to the fey gauge. Will make things so much easier.

Because you typically don't need the healing from the gauge. The kit is already so overtuned that any extra healing is kinda pointless. I would not waste an OGCD on Aetherflow just for some gauge. Not with the current damage output (<< we all know that's not going anywhere).