Your thoughts on Astrolgian so far?

[Remilia_Nightfall]

Okay so you are saying both other healers are better than ast?

I never said that in absolute terms.

It depends what you mean by "better". Every healer has its own area of specialization. In the case of AST, it is better than SCH at healbombing and better than WHM at shielding (and possibly DPSing due to its two not-accuracy-bound DoTs). It also brings, albeit potentially, very useful buffs that can make or break an encounter if used at the right time. It is true that the buffs are random, but if they weren't, I am sure you understand that they would make encounters much, much easier more consistently - which is not what SE wants, most likely.

Buffing cards is also something that needs to be fine-tuned. You can't justify buffing them too much just because they are "RNG based" - for obvious reasons.

In the end I believe it is too early to decide whether AST is subpar or not. Alexander Savage will be the testing ground, not Ravana EX. As I see things now, AST is viable - but of course I might change my mind in the future.