Astrologian IMO

[DkDerek]

A jack of all trades healer will never have a place in the raid. Ever. You bring another DPS if you can afford to be light on heals.

[AlphaSonic]

Scholar is already the Jack of all trades. Astrologian is just a dumbed down version of it.

[Kolsykol]

It really sucks. I am another one that was REALLY looking forward to Astrologian.
Heck, I love how the class looks and plays...
I am trying to decide whether I want to stick with it to 60, or level another healer now.
I have scholar at 55, Astrologian at 41 and am considering trying white mage for a while.
AST are just so much more fun than Sch and Whm to me .

I just dunno if I am willing to just trust that they will get them up there with Whm and Sch.
Kinda sucks if one healer will just always be inherently worse and a burden in comparison to your team.....

[RichardButte]

Overall, SE needs to make huge changes to AST, there's no simple fix. The healing is far behind that of other classes, the MP management is sub par, and the utility of the cards comes nowhere close to making up for the accommodations we have to make for running an AST in the first place. Sure, you absolutely can clear this content with AST with enough refinements and extra gear but it's 100% not worth it with how the class is right now.

Exactly this.

It's a shame that we no longer have cross class healer gear at the high end because it would have been nice to test AST and SCH side by side as we progressed. As it stands, I'm definitely not picking up AST gear when I need to choose between it and SCH.

[Kayleen]

It's a shame that we no longer have cross class healer gear at the high end.

I agree... i'm obviously spending my eso on sch.. but even once AST has been buffed it'll be such a headache to regear for that class...

[RichardButte]

I agree... i'm obviously spending my eso on sch.. but even once AST has been buffed it'll be such a headache to regear for that class...

Yeah, I mean, we have the accessories, but ALL of the other pieces will be a pain until they increase the Eso drop rate.

[Vlady]

It really sucks. I am another one that was REALLY looking forward to Astrologian.
Heck, I love how the class looks and plays...
I am trying to decide whether I want to stick with it to 60, or level another healer now.
I have scholar at 55, Astrologian at 41 and am considering trying white mage for a while.
AST are just so much more fun than Sch and Whm to me .

I just dunno if I am willing to just trust that they will get them up there with Whm and Sch.
Kinda sucks if one healer will just always be inherently worse and a burden in comparison to your team.....

*boggle emote* Why are you letting peer pressure try to change your perception on what you want to play. If you enjoy the job then play the job and do not worry about what other people think.

[Muahbec]

It really sucks. I am another one that was REALLY looking forward to Astrologian.
Heck, I love how the class looks and plays...
I am trying to decide whether I want to stick with it to 60, or level another healer now.
I have scholar at 55, Astrologian at 41 and am considering trying white mage for a while.
AST are just so much more fun than Sch and Whm to me .

I just dunno if I am willing to just trust that they will get them up there with Whm and Sch.
Kinda sucks if one healer will just always be inherently worse and a burden in comparison to your team.....

If you enjoy playing with it, then play.
Of course, the job is quite limited compared to WHM and SCH but it will receive some love from SE soon, so don't give up on it.

[DkDerek]

*boggle emote* Why are you letting peer pressure try to change your perception on what you want to play. If you enjoy the job then play the job and do not worry about what other people think.

Being replaced or not being invited in the first place is not peer pressure.

[Vlady]

Being replaced or not being invited in the first place is not peer pressure.

If you do your role well then that will not be an issue. If they force you to change job based on healer forum drama then maybe the static is not meant for you. I would find friends that do not try to force you to change jobs if you do not want. I see statics recruiting on balmung chatter all the time for white/astro in case someone has the mind to think that astrologians are not wanted.