About AST and why their healing is weaker

[Ghishlain]

And then you go on to say that their overall potency is weaker due to differences in Regen and SCH Embrace >.>

Indeed. I know it's splitting hairs, but I feel it's an important enough distinction to make. I personally consider the following a "baseline" healing kit.

1. A low tier single target cure
2. A high tier single target cure
3. An AoE cure
4. A means to remove status effects
5. A Raise type spell

What allows SCH and WHM to excel beyond AST's normal healing is the fact they have a HoT-like effect that is more potent than AST, or in the case of Nocturnal, the lack of a HoT at all.

The one thing about the AST discussion that has always grinded my gears was the fact that people claim "hey, this spell is 20 potency lower" is the reason why AST is actually weaker when the real reason is because they don't have these minor boosts to normalizing HP values.

That's also why my suggestion in Noct was to reduce healing magic costs. This way there's more reason to use the higher tier Benefic II in lieu of having an HoT like effect for more front loaded and efficient Potency/MP heals. Also why I suggested a slight buff in the same vein to Diurnal Aspected Benefic.

My over arching goal in any of my posts lately regarding AST is try to find ways to balance the job while making them a bit more unique than their WHM and SCH counterparts.

In some cases, I just like to babble because it helps me get my thoughts on paper but I do hope my babble can also spur some discussion as well.