ToP

I only have it on characters who dont have an HP charm.. (it makes it tick everytime i use it, so why bother when the charm heals ..)

But I must admit, on a cleric its not really necessary when wellspring surge will just do the same.

lol i always go tanking with it if the cleric dicides to be dumb

for a cleric,wizard and maybe archer you better stick with essence penetration. you learn it sooner than ToP, maxed it sooner, and will restore more HP than ToP(remember ToP works with percentages, if your max Hp isnt high to begin with it will restore just 500-700 hp over 6 seconds). Essence penetration lvl 9 restores 730 HP +2% for every genie str point. 50 points(easy to get) will net a 1460 instant recovery.

just sucks that they killed the heal it provides - which was what I use(d) on my veno to help restore MANA when metabolic and natures grace were still on cool down. IE.. full HP bar -> soul transfusion -> ToP = same effect as Nature's Grace -> soul transfusion -> metabolic boost.

now instead of healing 20% or w/e it used to be every 3 second for 6 seconds, it only heals 2% every 3 seconds for 6 seconds. I dont look at the increase HP aspect of it so much as I do the heal. the temporary HP buff it gives is really only useful if I have to solo an elite mob/mini boss that is a few levels higher than me. what I do look at is the fact that every 8 genie dex points adds 1% HP to the effect. Currently with 42 dex points in my genie - thats 5% extra HP restored. Not sure really whether it is 5% per tick (assuming only 2 ticks, though can appear to be three since the HP buff cools down right before the second tick), or 5% overall. so this translates out to (what I'm guessing) would be 14% HP restored over 6 seconds. while in true form with beast kings inspiration, I have currently ~3583 HP. 14% of said HP would be ~502 HP restored over 6 seconds. Havent seen the next level of ToP yet, but I surely do hope that the 2% per tick base amount goes up. A shorter cool down on it would nice though b:laugh

^ thanks. and as an update to the following..

Baalbak - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Currently with 42 dex points in my genie - thats 5% extra HP restored. Not sure really whether it is 5% per tick (assuming only 2 ticks, though can appear to be three since the HP buff cools down right before the second tick), or 5% overall. so this translates out to (what I'm guessing) would be 14% HP restored over 6 seconds. while in true form with beast kings inspiration, I have currently ~3583 HP. 14% of said HP would be ~502 HP restored over 6 seconds. Havent seen the next level of ToP yet, but I surely do hope that the 2% per tick base amount goes up. A shorter cool down on it would nice though b:laugh

I did a test just now when my HP was 2400 by hitting ToP, when the effect wore off, I had a little bit over 3100 HP (~700 HP healed). I regen 20 HP per second, so in 6 seconds that is 120 HP.. 700 - 120 = 580, so right around what I was expecting the effect to be. A faction mate of mine tauts essence penetration and tai chi to be superior to ToP in terms of healing, but I'm not sold yet. perhaps in lower levels they may be, but with ToP's % base rather than number base, plus increase from dex points, alongside an ever expanding HP pool from which to calculate - ToP will no doubt come out superior in the end.