Quote Originally Posted by Vlady View Post
Astrologian is not meant to be on par with the other two. It is suppose to bring its own to the table via buffing other jobs. I would be interested to see different parses between what an astro brings with the card buffs+astro dps vs scholar solo dps. I believe that is the most fair comparison right now since a big focus is on how potent the scholar's dps is. And yes Astrologian can heal as well as the other two jobs minus the cooldown area which needs to be redone right I will vehemently beat that drum any day.
I would like to propose a healer forum drinking game where we all take a shot whenever Vlady successfully contradicts himself at least once within the same paragraph...but I wouldn't want to be responsible for the alcohol poisoning that would ensue, so let's not.

Still waiting for that magical DRG+AST parse, btw.

As far as AST card DPS vs. SCH DPS, you've been provided the answer already if you've been following the forums. Beyond that, I would suggest thinking for a moment about the very best possible scenario for AST increasing raid DPS (choose an arbitrary total raid DPS like 6000), then taking that theoretical increase and comparing it to what DPS a SCH a needs to provide to exceed that increase on their own (not even factoring in Selene for the raid).

After you do that, consider the probability of AST achieving 100% uptime on this ideal scenario and adjust accordingly. Also consider that AST's personal DPS is less potent, far less sustainable, and more difficult to weave in with required healing than that of SCH.

In short, this question pretty much answers itself for you if you stop and think about it.