Eh if it's not balanced then I'll probably just stick to SCH as well. ASTs blatant weaknesses without any pay off has diminished the value of this expansion for me. My largest reason for wanting to play HW was seeing AST announced for the first time. I was ready to main it the day it came out and I did. It was my first 60 and when I did hit 60 I thought to myself "this is it?"

I didn't want to level SCH to 60 but I needed to give AST another chance so took up SCH for a fair comparison. Leveling SCH compared to AST 50+ was an absolute breeze. Parse numbers tell me that SCH does higher AoE DPS and higher single target DPS. I mathed out the gains of Selene's Fey Wind in comparison to our best case senario coming up with an Expanded Arrow/Balance combo. 10.8% for an expanded Arrow or Balance to land within the first two draws and it's weaker than Fey Wind from jump.

My damage mitigation is weaker. My mana sustain is weaker. My HPS is weaker. Personal DPS is weaker and most importantly, My buffs are weaker.

All of this "hybrid tax" and I can't even switch stances in combat. What's the point? I'm glad people like the class for what it is but I'm just incredibly disappointed and I pretty much got hyped for nothing.