One of the original complaints for Shadowbringers' initial removal of Energy Drain for Scholar was that it caused an overflow of potentially unused aetherstacks. Now that people seemed to have eased their stance on this, with an example being Astrologian's typical opener calling for a fresh draw of cards after the application of only one, would people still be opposed to Energy Drain's removal/potential aetherstack overflow?
I'm not sure where in the minority or majority I am on this, but I find Energy Drain forcing a constant consideration of healing vs DPSing to be counter-intuitive, and not fun. Resources for optimizing outgoing damage on Scholar show an opener loaded with six energy drains. Having abilities like Dissipation, which was likely designed as an emergency fallback for outgoing heals where needed, is reduced to a DPS oGCD because of a single ability.
I think that, with the removal of the damage on Energy Drain or the removal of Dissipation, Scholar would feel much more coherent.
What are your thoughts on this?
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I'm not sure where in the minority or majority I am on this, but I find Energy Drain forcing a constant consideration of healing vs DPSing to be counter-intuitive, and not fun. Resources for optimizing outgoing damage on Scholar show an opener loaded with six energy drains. Having abilities like Dissipation, which was likely designed as an emergency fallback for outgoing heals where needed, is reduced to a DPS oGCD because of a single ability.
I think that, with the removal of the damage on Energy Drain or the removal of Dissipation, Scholar would feel much more coherent.
What are your thoughts on this?
Continue reading...