Eathisword wrote:rmpl wrote:1. Identify the issue.
Focused Mending is a very powerful zero effort tactic
I refute the premisse of this. By comparison, in numbers, I do not think it is actually ''very powerful''.
A)If we take IB/BG 7 points mastery, it heals debuff for 50%. For discussion, take a RP group heal. it heals around 1k for easy math on 6 people.
i) with FM, it heals 6x1150, so 6900 instead of 6000. So an increase of 900. Use 2 healers, the increase is magnified to 1800.
ii) Have a IB/BG debuff that same healer, the heal gets chopped down to 500x6, so 3000. For a difference of 3k, much much greater than the 900 reported for FM.
B) If we take BO's big swing. Increasing build time by 50% on Big swing + big brawling (also 7 points mastery). Again vs RP/zealot, potential effect is 6k heal for 2.5s cast, for a 2400 heal output per second. With added build time, 6k for 3.7s cast, means a 1620 heal output per second, on cast. Effectively chopping down the healing from casts by 30%. More than the 15% knight gives.
C) Intimidating repent for dok/WP. AoE detaunt, 7 points mastery. Reduce all damage by 50%, CD = to duration. Massively more powerful than 15% heal increaser, as it can mitigate thousands of damage per seconds when under focus. Alive healer due to 50% AoE detaunt is much better than 15% heal.
I understand that knight's FM is passive, hence it grants 15%. BO, IB, BG requires skill + position to activate but the effects are orders of magnitudes greater. Same goes for dok/WP AoE detaunts.
Conclusion : for a 7 points tactic, FM is not powerful compared to other 7 points tactic that can be used to increase or mitigate healing production. It's just easier to use. So the solution might reside in increasing usage difficulty, not in reducing the number it provides or increasing how high it is in the mastery tree.
Much appritiated.
