Astrologian "BUFFS"

[Sidra]

With the changes to Ewer and Spire, I wonder if an AST is one of the 2 healers, a party in progression could get by without a Bard or MCH, adding ~100 DPS to that party slot. I think it will, as long as the potency is adequate.

[Budi]

We have cards, we now have cards that does what Bard can. (poor bastards just got the even shorter end of the stick), what can they possibly do to astro other than CU without making us too good ?

They could literally add 100 potency to each of AST spells and it still wouldn't be stronger than other classes. Astrologian has way worse skills than a level 50 WHM and SCH.
Just think about how Nocturnal does less healing than a Scholar without Pet, and how diurnal also has less potency than WHM.

Heck, they could make CU a 1000y radius, and it still would be worse than Sacred Soil. The regen effect would be nice (because no MP cost) but the radius is so small that you cant tanks and dps in it, and with the raid mechanics as they are, there is no situation where you could even use it for more than 2 ticks.

With the changes to Ewer and Spire, I wonder if an AST is one of the 2 healers, a party in progression could get by without a Bard or MCH, adding ~100 DPS to that party slot. I think it will, as long as the potency is adequate.

You would do more DPS with a Scholar + Bard, because Scholars can actually DPS way better than AST (Fairy, Energy Drain, Shadowflare, etc) without losing out on healing.