Quote Originally Posted by Parawill View Post
Cheaper mana costs and lower potencies doesn't mean it's a better alternative. It means it takes more GCDs to do what Scholars or White Mages can do, which means you're almost (or always) playing catch-up with healing. Outside of RNG mechanics, when in Nocturnal Sect, it takes around 20 heals to gain one free GCD (5% * 20 = 100%), whereas Divine Seal takes a White Mage 3.3 heals to gain one free GCD (30% * 3.3 = 99%). Scholars have Fey Illumination, if we're talking a straight modifier to HPS, which takes 5 heals to make one free GCD (20% * 5 = 100%).

If AST heals are weaker because they should be providing a major increase in DPS to push phases and reduce the amount of HPS require (like 2 tank, 5 DPS, 1 healers T12 scenarios), then their cards are going to seriously need to be buffed. =/
It's not the base heals that are weaker but it's our cooldowns that don't really measure up. The stance effects in both stances bring our base heals up to par, but when you really need to pump out more is when we start falling behind. They can leave our base heals where they are in terms of potency if they give us more useful cooldowns.