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    kronpas's Avatar
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    Adellyna Adel
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    Gilgamesh
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    Arcanist Lv 50
    A shield is still a shield, it will go away after its duration expires, then we are left with a unhealed party member. A WHM do the same thing with medica 2 will result in a fully healed one. Our only choice is to keep spamming Succor which costs us massive amount of mana and TIME and trying to overwrite that useless shield over and over without actual benefit (since the damage is done already).

    Also, may I remind you again there aint much benefit in pre-shielding in this current tier of gear. At 150 potency a pop the shield is like 200+ HP, compared to around 3.1 HP requirement for Titan HM to last through his stomps. Not even 10%HP. And it requires a regular cast time to boost. If SCH is THAT powerful in preventive department, there shouldnt be a HP req. in the first place, no? Shielding works.... but only on paper.
    Does the pet have any AE healing abilities?

    Also, the reason they are healing half, is because half is a shield.. so if they have healing added, it would be stronger than medica. With pre-shielding, some of the damage should have been absorbed already, so there is not as much damage to heal. Theoretically.

    If you make the heal increase if a shield is present to be equal to medica, then you basically get medica + a shield. You have an adaptive heal that is superior to medica.
    At its current state, it DOES not. Thats why I was repeatedly telling you to actually try a SCH to see if it works. The only AoE HoT (not even direct AoE!) it has got relatively long CD, then it spams it away the moment the tank got the tiniest of scratch. Setting it to passive doesnt help, as you need to spam embrace and as soon as you use it the fairy is back to auto mode to fire off al CDs again.

    I sincerely apologize as i am a ignorant white mage. i have no clue but i think so.... problem is... Fairy is hard to control so i think many are not even factoring it in.
    You cant control them during casting (so the supposedly flexibility is non existant). You can force yourself to a different play style to accommodate for the clunky mechanics, you still cant do shyt about its idiotic AI as I described above.
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    Last edited by kronpas; 09-19-2013 at 11:44 PM.

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    ApolloGenX's Avatar
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    Galen Amaranthe
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    Leviathan
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    Gladiator Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by kronpas View Post
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    Well, the potencies are equal... so if the shield is weak, then the corresponding heal would be weak. As a sidenote- I think the shield amount should be STATIC, the shields shouldn't depend on healing done... they should just be a shield instead of a heal. Then you would have your 300 potency ability half shield/half heal and consistent.

    Secondly, I know the pet UI is borked, and I COMPLETELY agree it needs to be reworked. That is a major class issue and doesn't have anything to do with WHMs. I am not, nor have I disputed that it is anything but a major issue. (Why can't fairies take commands while you cast? That's STUPID!- Why can't you have the fairy on a completely controlled mode?... /GAG)

    Like I said- relying on a pet was the primary reason I went WHM. I did not trust the AI or UI to be reliable. I am still not completely clear on why splitting your power with a pet is a good idea... especially as a healer, but whatever.
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    Last edited by ApolloGenX; 09-20-2013 at 12:01 AM.

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    Eriane's Avatar
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    Ire Valkyr
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    Siren
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    Arcanist Lv 50
    Quote Originally Posted by kronpas View Post
    At its current state, it DOES not. Thats why I was repeatedly telling you to actually try a SCH to see if it works. The only AoE HoT (not even direct AoE!) it has got relatively long CD, then it spams it away the moment the tank got the tiniest of scratch. Setting it to passive doesnt help, as you need to spam embrace and as soon as you use it the fairy is back to auto mode to fire off al CDs again.

    You cant control them during casting (so the supposedly flexibility is non existant). You can force yourself to a different play style to accommodate for the clunky mechanics, you still cant do shyt about its idiotic AI as I described above.
    Then i have to ask... Why are scholars asking about buffs for things like succor when they should be pissed that the fairy doesn't work.

    Nvm lol

    These forums are clunky. Having to edit to say what you want ends up with alot of extra posts and whatnot.
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