G-give it Back T---T; !!

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

The skill cap was lowered by removing it, it literally made kenki management matter, cause if you over used your filler spender you wouldnt be able to use it.
Just because it was always used doesn't mean it was a bad thing, aetherflow is always used before energy drain, should we remove that?
Life surge is always used before a big hit for dragoon, same thing.

I dont think comparing to pvp is a good idea either because if we go to 4 buttons in our rotation in pve i'm quitting instantly lmao, that works in pvp cause encounters are short, but the game would be so god damn boring with that few buttons

Yes the skillcap was lowered and I lament it. As someone who plays Dark Knight I find pooling a ressource for a task rather than overspending a good mechanic so I totally agree with you on it. But what I don't agree on is how you conflate other examples with Kaiten.

- Aetherflow is a ressource generator, not a skill transformator. The closest equivalent to that would be Ikishoten -> Ogi Namikiri combo + Shintens. Furthermore, the ressources get to be spent on either energy drain or (depending on what the fight needs) a variety of support utility like Sacred Soil.

- Life Surge is cooldown based, not ressource based. You use plenty of Heaven's Thrusts without Life Surge, you did not use a single Iaijutsu without Kaiten. Before it gets dropped - the same applies to Machinist Reassemble on Drill / Air Anchor / Chainsaw.

I understand your initial fear for anything related PvP, but you are missing the point why I'm bringing it up.

I specifically am only referrring to the Kaiten effect (that is currently on their dash) transforming your single target combo into AOE variants with different effects based on the combo step and nothing else about PvP so if you could stop kneejerk reacting just because I said "PvP" that'd be great. It doesn't have to be a CC, extra damage and a lifesteal but it could be other effects that aren't "press X before every Y everytime without question".

I miss pooling ressources for other skills other than Shinten. I and various others don't miss singular-purpose-only Kaiten. I am not sure how much clearer we can make it.