Transparency in playtesting

[ZiraZ]

Coming from the person that said reaper was not the #1 rdps for 1st tier savage release?
Funny, talk about zero bearing regarding balance.
Still waiting, which DRG defensive?

[Valdegarde]

Coming from the person that said reaper was not the #1 rdps for 1st tier savage release?
Funny, talk about zero bearing regarding balance.
Still waiting, which DRG defensive?

Clearly it's Lance Charge not being Blood for Blood. Every time you use it, you can remember that you're not taking extra damage instead. Or Dragoons having enough magic defense to survive raidwide damage now.

Serious answer, probably Life Surge. And if I understand the context of the original message, consider two Life Surges for free every minute and a half is probably better than Arcane Crest's healing anyway. What can it get to, 20% of max HP I think? The real answer is taxing DPS over something like Arcane Crest is silly.

[Aco505]

Clearly it's Lance Charge not being Blood for Blood. Every time you use it, you can remember that you're not taking extra damage instead. Or Dragoons having enough magic defense to survive raidwide damage now.

Serious answer, probably Life Surge. And if I understand the context of the original message, consider two Life Surges for free every minute and a half is probably better than Arcane Crest's healing anyway. What can it get to, 20% of max HP I think? The real answer is taxing DPS over something like Arcane Crest is silly.

RPR should not be taxed due to having Arcane Crest (I don't think SE taxes DPS on this regard anyway since MNK exists).

However, Life Surge is not a defensive ability. It's a random, minimal heal that you can't use when you need it the most. LS main purpose is to increase your damage.