WHM Vs AST Healing Comparison at 50

[GideonHighmourn]

Everyone can keep saying AST can buff this and this and save the party! or Boost the damage!

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AST buffs are not even close to reliable, which makes them not good. The most you can do... and best i can see.. is use Spread to save a Bole for the tank in a spike damage situation.

This is what people don't understand. Yes, on paper, it all looks AMAZING and AST can pull lots of utility. However, it's 100% unreliable and random. You can't pick and choose from the list what you're getting; you can just cross your fingers and hope you'll get something useful. If Sacred Soil, Divine Seal, Presence of Mind, Fey Wind, etc. only had a 1 in 6 chance of casting successfully, they'd be equal; however, that's not the case.