With all these astrologian complain threads

[Shamirah]

No one in their right mind can argue that SCH and WHM have better "oh shit" button and more reliable heals, better MP management and better CDs.

The only thing AST has going for himself is the cards buff. And maybe Synastry but it's not THAT good compared to what the other two offer.

No one is saying WHM and SCH are easier to play and OP.

All we're saying is that the only discussable strong quality of the AST are their unreliable cards buff.

Also no one is saying AST can't heal trials/raids.

We are talking about the balance between the three healers.

I love AST, I'll still play it even if they stay that way but it does not change the fact that there are a lot of things totally wrong with the job.

Your fairy can die while AST healing like WHM is tied to the player and if your fairy dies your HPS drops by a lot and spamming Lustrate does effect your mp regen as you no longer have charges left to help your mp regen what AST has is cards the ability to make all their heals instant cast on the move with light speed and the ability to heal 2 people at once no matter the distance making AST the most mobile healer in the game.

if you fairy dies it means you fucked up. You can't use an argument like that... that adds nothing to the discussion. It is well known that SCH has the least mana issue of all healers. AST has cards... when the RNG god is okay to help us. Yeah all cast on the move with light speed at the cost of -25% potency. Meanwhile the fairy heal at 300 potency while you move and you have lustrate. And using Lightspeed causes more MP problem than using 6 lustrate.