Another AST suggestions thread...

Some ideas for AST I would like to share, I love the class but would like to see some alterations to make us more unique and not just a faux WHM/SCH...Too stupid or OP? What would you like to see changed about AST? Thoughts and suggestions!

Nocturnal Sect: Increases Healing Potency by X% and creates...

A Damage Absorbing Barrier equalling to X% of the Healing Done (Aspected Heals)
- Current effect
A Damage Reducing Barrier, reducing damage done to the target for X seconds (Aspected Heals)
- First Aspected Heal cast on the target, must drop off before being reapplied, affected by Time Dilation
A Surge of Healing Energy dealing X% Healing upon dealing a Critical Heal (All Heals)
- Healing splash effect either AoE or Single Target smart heal
A Time Dilation Effect, healing done over X seconds stores up and then bursts deal X% Healing (All Heals)
- AoE or Single Target, bursts automatically upon storing X amount or can be triggered by the AST, level I, II, III buffs shows how much is stored
A Reflection Aura, reflecting a portion of the damage done to the target back to the attacker (Aspected Heals)
- First Aspected Heal cast on the target, must drop off before being reapplied, affected my Time Dilation

Buffs:
Celestrial Opposition: Instantly change to the opposing Sect, restoring X% MP - X second recast - Sects still locked once in combat, CO would allow the AST to adjust depending on the situation

Collection Unconscious: AoE Regen & Damage Absorb OR Reflect OR Reduce Shield, moving breaks effect, can cast other spells, constantly drains MP, larger radius

Damage:
Malefic - Increased Potency/MP cost - becomes the staple attack spell
Malefic II - Deals damage and spreads Combust I & II onto other targets nearby - less time applying DoTs, more time healing/DPS/drawing cards
Combust I & II - Deals damage-over-time
Gravity - Deals X Damage to all targets around the Caster and consumes Combust I & II on all targets for additional damage - A finisher when DoTs are almost up, unable to spam due to MP Cost or Cooldown

I have some random thoughts but nothing really specific. Like, I think if they some how incorporated the cards in some way to be affected by, or affect, the rest of the AST kit things might seen a little less disconnected (obviously outside of "more damage" etc. You get from casting them on your self. I mean things like procs, or helping with specific draws or something) I don't really have many ideas but as it stands an AST has three parts to their kit, and none of them really interact with each other. (Cards, healing/survival, and damage) while WHM and SCH, essentially only have two parts and they work together within their own kit quite well (healing/survival and damage spells).

I don't have any hard ideas or narrow thoughts on what needs to be changed, as I only ever got it to 50 and quit it, but it needs help. From my expertise it just seems... Messy(I dunno, this is how I feel) in most situations.

Please stop clogging up the healer forums with reposts when a concise thread would be more suitable. Here spam in one of these pages that I so happen to find on the first page...

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ve-Idea-thread
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ss-in-end-game
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...T-s-cards-weak
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ve-Unconscious..