Another comparation between AST and WHM

[Luvbunny]

AST just need a couple more "oh shit" healing emergency, as well as its own swiftcast button, and make it so it can cross class with arcanist and conjurer. Then the job would be fine. It has similar utilities and perks as the other two healers but more complicated cards to manage. Right now, this job cannot deal with derp-o-rama party or alliance, and would need your group to not be too dumb to function

[Roxas_Andrade]

AST just need a couple more "oh shit" healing emergency, as well as its own swiftcast button, and make it so it can cross class with arcanist and conjurer.

Cool. Based on what you said, SE could change Lightspeed one more time. (It's good now, but check this out). Lightspeed should reduce 80~90% cast time instead of 2.5 sec so it would be effective with Ascend. If AST will then cross class from CNJ and ACN, SE could also rework Disable, since AST will have access to Virus. Disable could now be an attack skill with a 5sec silence+pacification skill. (Would still disable enemy skills, but not some bosses')

If you take my suggestion of Stella being instant and add slow (maybe a short cooldown), this new Disable could have only the effect. If Disable would have an attack potency, Stella should stay as a 2.5sec On-GCD cast, but still with the slow effect. Gravity should have the heavy effect. (I keep repeating, maybe the dev team will read this ;P)

[Cynfael]

Cool. Based on what you said, SE could change Lightspeed one more time. (It's good now, but check this out). Lightspeed should reduce 80~90% cast time instead of 2.5 sec so it would be effective with Ascend...)

Lightspeed's issue as a healing CD is that it ...isn't one. It helps with MP efficiency now, which is nice, but aside from front-loading your first spell, it does nothing for your single target healing and next-to-nothing for your AoE healing (you shave a little time off of Aspected Helios since its base cast time exceeds the GCD, and that's it). I don't mind Lightspeed the way it is, but there's still a gap for a true healing CD, and one that isn't on a 120-150 sec recast.