How much is 8 standing and 11 sitting regen worth to you that stacks with all other regen?
What about those hardest upper 50 levels pre-torpor (the game changer) where it's a measly 7 standing vs 10 sitting?
How much money do people dump on a fungi? Racial regen in the upper 50s is between half and 2/3 of a fungi (that stacks with a fungi), that's there 100% of the time. If anything you could argue that FSI is more of an advantage in the lower levels before the regen differences btw troll/iks and the rest really take off. Hitting levels 51 and 56 respectively were hugely noticable on my shaman, each of those levels was like putting on an extra Ikky regen bp - for free on leveling.
On a tick by tick basis 8/11 might seem like a small thing, but over the course of:
-each minute that's 80-110 extra hp (40-55 extra mana)
-each hour that's 4800-6600 extra hp (2400-3300 extra mana)
-each 4 hour xp session that's 19200-26400 extra hp (9600-13200 extra mana)
On a semi-permanent basis, does FSI realistically do as much for you as the above? How many times did it *really* make a difference other than a minor convenience? Make no mistake, in a game where the max you can meditate is ~20 mana/tick, every little extra bit of hp regen (that can be converted to mana at a 2:1 ratio) is a powerful thing.
Unless afk, a good shaman should never be full health or full mana. On Jolav, if I get above 95% health, I'm hitting canni to drop lower and suckle that sweet sweet regen teet. If I'm full mana for whatever reason, time to refresh haste/regrowth/whatever early. Time spent full health (ie you're also full mana or a terrible shaman) where the regen isn't working for you is time wasted.
The regen is always there, and it should be always working for you.
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