Current proposal: 2 dmg per Sword, individual attacks.
Doesn't really like the idea of bunch attack. That would make Aether too strong. While Aether has Phase Drags, Lobo and Quints, it has no perm control. Elite shields can stop this and Aether-mono can't remove the shields.
Assuming enemy has no shields:
Aether Sword: 10 dpr needs 15
unup, 13
up
Fahren: 10 dpr need 3
cost + 30
unup, 25
up. Mind that Fahren locks the
, Aether Sword doesn't. I consider locked
as a cost, because you can't use them if you want to keep up the damage.
Aether Sword: 2/turn dmg increase costs 3
/turn unup, 1
/turn up
Fahren: 2/turn dmg increase lock 10
/turn
Aether Sword: Constantly increasing
Fahren: Decease dramatically if you play Drags
Aether Sword: Common
Fahren: Rare
See? Aether Sword is comparable to Fahren while being common. The only advantage of using Fahren is it bunch attacks while Aether Sword individual attacks