Just buff Astrologians

[Leiloni]

I'm currently leveling AST, had my first Sohm AL run as it. Tank did a bit of a foolish pull, the whole first bit. Foolish as everyone was 53 in the except him. It's a pull that can be rough to heal, but I've done it on my WHM a number of times. I thought it would be rough, but I just couldn't keep up at all. I blew through all my cool downs, got a lucky bole, and had my regeneration up, but every time bene II hit his hp was lower than the last.

I've felt like it doesn't have the power as WHM before, but I was just shaking my head as the tank died. "What am I missing here?" as I look over my actions, nothing... that was a bad AST moment. Wiping on the first pull... I'm sure the team had faith in me after that.

I don't care if they buff it right now, as long as something happens soon. I still main WHM and was leveling AST for some fun, but that isn't fun. Not doing that to your group.

Without things like Divine Seal on AST I've taken to double hotting on big pulls, using both Diurnal AH and AB for extra mitigation healing instead of just AB. Starting the pull with Benefic/Benefic II to get the tank's HP up quickly and then Swiftcast AH with the AB at the end. Or also if you have Lightspeed up you can use that first for the instant AH and mana conservation. Just to get the HoTs out as fast as possible, because a fully casted AH is just way too long. Once you hit 56 you can also throw Time Dilation on him after this to extend the HoTs (longer HoTs for no mana, yay). If the tank is half decent this should be enough to allow you to mostly Benefic I spam to keep him up and you still have Benefic II and ED if you need them. Beyond that, it's a tank or dps problem, not an AST problem.

Even without some needed healing cooldowns we can still handle big pulls, we just need to work harder. So don't feel too bad, you just had a bad group. I mean you said it yourself, the tank did a foolish pull in a group that didn't have the gear and levels to handle it. The class needs buffs for sure, but in dungeons the class is fine with normal groups. Keep going with it and just remember that every class gets bad groups sometimes.