Big problem with Lich's Eldritch Empowerment node

Lich has very good for self dps option like Eldritch Empowerment who give your non-channeling spells 30% more dmg.

But you simple cannot use it because if shield down all spells can't be casted and even Convalescence!!! who force start recharge for shields.

It's just bad game design or bug idk but it's so stupid and frustrating.

I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be possible to make Convalescence usable without ES with EE node and to make it even more enjoyable to play, make an extremely simple solution.

Have ES -> consume 3% ES and deal 30% more dmg
No ES??? - no more dmg but you can cast!

Fun is not allowed only suffering

It seems that with this patch the developer has restricted any fun in the game and good option to more comfortable game just doesn't work

Also Rupture the Soul good node but it destroy any corpses, would be nice if it not because I use Unearth to spread Contagion and bone constructs help to spread it. Personally, this would just help me press Contagion much less often and play more comfortably but it is not a problem at all.

Bump.
"Spending Energy Shield does not interrupt Recharge" simply doesn't work.
Also if just recharge be fixed it's already be OK. Now this node is just broken.

+1

I was really hoping that Convalescence is my "Oh, sh*t!" button when I run out of ES and can't cast anymore. But no, because of Eldritch Empowerment, I can't use Convalescence when I need it most.

Huge bummer, but this seems to be a trend within the Lich. everything is anti-synergistic:

Necromantic Conduit? Sound great, until you realize it doesn't work on Dots, which is the only actually viable Chaos build for casters.

Eternal Life? Could be really neat if it had synergy with anything that sacrifices life, but it doesn't. So its only purpose is reduced to mitigating "bypasses ES" effects.

But we could go CI, right? That seems great, since we rely on only ES anyway. Well... no... because since 0.2 things don't scale of your pre-CI Max Life anymore. So Atziri, Gaze, Soulless Form and anything else scaling off Life would become useless.

Lich has great potential, but for now it seems like it lacks an identity.

Exactly!
Convalescence is listed as a "spell". And they define spells as "Skills that use raw magic to destroy your enemies". They need to change Convalescence to a "Buff", just like withering presence. Because that's exactly what Convalescence is... "a buff"! Not a spell to destroy your enemies.

Fix this please! At the very least, allow us to drop the soul core in "Temple of Chaos"! Can only attack so much before unable to do anything but die.