Why does higher resistance shorten the transient response in RL circuits?

[Lavabug]

Can anyone please explain to me why in a RL circuit, using higher values for resistance will shorten the transient response in the inductor? I've read and found a site claiming that it "reduces the amount of energy the inductor can store", can anyone expand on this a little?

 

[aim1732]

The discharge rate is fiven by [E/R]*e^-tR/L where E is the e.m.f applied.That should make things clear.
Also in steady state the inductor behaves as a zero-resisitance piece of wire hence it is E/R.At higher values of resistance the current in steady state will reduce and the final energy stored in B field of inductor [which is proportional to i²] will naturally be lesser.