Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
Don't get me wrong; I like downtime implications. But... they are only as interesting as they are deliberately recoverable -- i.e., if/when there are distinct options from which to pursue the best (or, if uniquely hurt by downtime, the least bad).

Taking 4+ raid cycles (8+ minutes) to resync... in a 7-minute fight, or it being superior to just outright drop a full AF than remain desynced throughout, isn't nearly as "interesting" as it may first sound.

I agree completely. I just ask that you look concretely at the decision space it would provide. At present, it would seem to me like it'd more likely enforce pairings (thereby degrading options) more so than it would improve the number of actionable considerations SCH would work with.
i see your point, but if im completely honest im not sure if things would be that much worse for it. almost every single fight in the game nowadays has near full uptime anyways, and with so little healing needed dissipation might as well BE aetherflow 2, so all these negatives that quickened aetherflow would bring are already here. on the flip side, having to press AF and ED more often would certainly help to break the monotony of broil and would make sch more varied in its execution. the only time when this wouldnt apply is ultimate because of the increased healing requirements and how much downtime there is.

i do agree with you, especially on this bit:
Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
If there was more to heal and more, besides just that trait, that made you want to look at and work around AF's CD (much like Stormblood Warrior with Enhanced Infuriate and a very low potency-per-gauge-efficiency loss on Onslaught), I could see the logic to it, but among modern healers and encounters?
quickened aetherflow would certainly be way more nuanced if we had actual ways to play with it (like if ED reduced the cooldown less than using a heal), but thats because healers have lost so much that no single simple change will really make them truly nuanced. but as they say, nowhere to go but up??