Talk:Ethereal Light

No idea why you would heal with an EASILY interrupted spell.--Life Infusion 10:32, 28 March 2006 (CST)


 * Because at the high end, it heals about 44% more than orison for the same energy. I could see it being used in GvG by a backline monk.  --68.142.14.36 12:07, 28 March 2006 (CST)


 * It heals a LOT more than Orison for the same cost. Easily interrupted is, I think, to prevent players from using it as an Uber self-heal and go solo all the areas in the game (the cast time is too fast for someone who is not focusing on you to stop you). So, it's a cheap WoH. Or use it with Mist Form? --Karlos 12:33, 28 March 2006 (CST)


 * Mist form doesn't prevent it, the same as how you can still get interrupted by a savage slash with mist form on. You get hit, you just don't take damage.  --68.142.14.36 12:48, 28 March 2006 (CST)


 * Backline monks will like this a lot. Even in PvE, you can stay back enough not to get hit most of the times. --Xeeron 17:47, 28 March 2006 (CST)


 * In my experience in PvE, most of the time you'd be dealing with very fast interrupts (less than one second) would be with high level mesmers. You'd be dishing out lots of hex removals and regeneration instead of straight heals in that case. I'd only be worried about ranger interrupts, but as long as you aren't getting targetted in the first place and are fairly far back this shouldn't be a huge problem.


 * One of my beefs with the current (Prophecies) monk elites is that you get quickly locked in to using WoH and are not able to make use of many other elites without running out of energy very quickly. Not to mention WoH is "other ally", and Ethereal Light is "ally" (although it obviously does not dish out the same healing power as WoH). This spell may just find its way on to my skill bar. --aCynicalPie 01:38, 21 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Using this with something that prevents being interrupted, such as Mantra of Concentration, Mantra of Resolve, or (less so) Glyph of Concentration may prove interesting. - Greven 02:50, 21 May 2006 (CDT)


 * This spell has become a staple skill of my PvE heal monk. I use it all the time and it hardly ever gets interrupted. If a monk is getting shot in PvE you aren't a very good monk. If a warrior is hitting on you, you can even time it between their swings - I've used it as a self-heal when being attacked without interruption. It's the only Factions non-elite monk skill I use, a great addition to the game in my opinion. I think the people saying it's worthless haven't actually tried it, dismissing it due to what they perceive as too large a disadvantage.


 * For PvE I personally prefer Healing Whisper over this, as it's spammable and heals about the same. (5 second recharge to 1 for HW). I'm not saying it's better, but in higher level areas being able to spam off heals to the party members who are getting wailed on often helps (Until your energy hits the bottom.) However this, agreed, says "Ally", which makes it a much better choice for areas like RA (When using Haste and/or H Boon) and GvG. I never even considered this skill until Nightfall came out to speed up cast times.