oh hurray, we can use Stoneskin x 7 while running. *rolls eyes so hard they spin*

Waiting for the GCD to go away to insta cast 1 spell is bad design on an ability that could make or break astro. RDM Chainspell wasn't cast one insta spell, wait for cool down, cast another insta spell. It was cast non stop for 30 seconds or if mp was depleted, convert, keep insta casting.

Great for fates when the 25% reduction won't punish you in a large group, great for stoneskin when you need to speed run, great to get the dead up but I'd rather wait for the 1 min on swift cast to AoE heal or any type of emergency. 25% is a big hit when you can't afford it.

It'd be great if it increased potency of the spell in your stance and chainspelled correctly without having to wait for the normal GCD. Boost of cure potency in the heal stance, boost of shield duration in sch stance. We have nothing to boost us. Heck, SCH gets the fairy's healing boost spell AND get to sacrifice the fairy to boost potency.

We get uhhhh decreased DMG / HEALING potency while using it. Never mind the fact that AST has lower native cure potency which is noticeable (but we cast faster, so it makes up for it, right?)

AST has no CC besides gravity (that's imbedded in Stella) so it's not like we can save the pt by spamming gravity / stella on mobs with light speed. And 25% reduction on our AoE spell that gradually loses % of damage with added mobs is kinda slap in the face.

It's situational at best, the idea is there but the utility for AST to use it in their repertoire on a consistent basis isn't, especially in high level raid.