Astrologians were fine the way they were!

[NimueAstolat]

And...? Whats broken about that. Ast get a burst heal on a CD. I don't see how this is any different than a Sch being able to sacrifice their fairy and then spam Lustrate. Ast now has 2 powerful heals (Even though Synastry requires you to still spend MP) where the others haven't lost any. Not broken.

How is the class that's main aspect is buffing now being able to out burst heal the burst healing class not broken? WHM has always been the strong healer, now AST can out burst heal a WHM while still having the ability to buff.

[CottonCandyLand]

Why do you refuse to get it? The Mainjob for the AST is healing. Not buffing. AST will NEVER be stronger than WHM in raw Healingpower, if you think otherwhise...sorry no one can help you.

[NimueAstolat]

Why do you refuse to get it? The Mainjob for the AST is healing. Not buffing. AST will NEVER be stronger than WHM in raw Healingpower, if you think otherwhise...sorry no one can help you.

But they're stronger at healing than WHM now. You will not heal a tank faster with Divine Seal than an ast with Synastry. Not even up for debate you can try it yourself, I have. AST now has a stronger and longer burst-healing option than WHM.

The point of AST was to trade healing power for buffing, yet now they can heal more than the "strongest" healer and buff people.

[CottonCandyLand]

But they're stronger at healing than WHM now. You will not heal a tank faster with Divine Seal than an ast with Synastry. Not even up for debate you can try it yourself, I have. AST now has a stronger and longer burst-healing option than WHM.

The point of AST was to trade healing power for buffing, yet now they can heal more than the "strongest" healer and buff people.

No they're not. Divine Seal has a 60sec cd, Synastry 90sec. You can use D.S more often than you could use synastry and like someone already said, you dont use the full aspect of synastry all the time anyway since you wont be healing 1 person for the duration if he is already topped off. WHM has still the better healcds, he is still more powerfull in raw healing power. Sorry but Synastry is not 100% up all the time. If it where or if it had the same cd as D.S i would say you're right. Right now, you sound like someone who does not like the idea of three equally strong HEALjobs.

[NimueAstolat]

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You forget that Synastry duration can also be increased. You trade the 30 extra seconds to be able to heal 2 people at once. Even if you aren't healing the same target for the entire duration, and heal another target you will still put out more healing than a WHM using divine seal. AST heal CDs are better than WHM now.

AST was never meant to be a strong healing job, it was always meant to be weaker than the others to justify the use of buffs. AST was always capable, it just required good people to play it, which is why the forums cried over healing buffs, because this community sucks in general at this game. This patch was just to appeal to the casuals who couldn't learn how to play their class right, which leads us to a equal healer that can also buff the party. Which is what makes it broken.

[RyouAkizuki]

You forget that Synastry duration can also be increased. You trade the 30 extra seconds to be able to heal 2 people at once. Even if you aren't healing the same target for the entire duration, and heal another target you will still put out more healing than a WHM using divine seal. AST heal CDs are better than WHM now.

What? Synastry can at best be increased by 5 seconds... but you're wasting time casting Celestial Opposition during that time. Time dilation WILL extend the TANKS buff, but the second yours goes off, so does theirs, so its worthless.

[NimueAstolat]

Time dilation WILL extend the TANKS buff, but the second yours goes off, so does theirs, so its worthless.

Ah this i didn't know I thought Time dialtion did work with synastry.

If things go right AST would be the best class because it only has 1 emergency heal, let's be real.

What's real about it? I haven't had to use Benediction in my a1s clears yet. It's a skill you won't use 90% of the time if your group is decent.

Uhm no, this patch is needed to make AST "almost"

AST was almost equal, what they needed to do was make the buffs more reliable not buff the healing equal to whm.

[Luvbunny]

This patch was just to appeal to the casuals who couldn't learn how to play their class right, which leads us to a equal healer that can also buff the party. Which is what makes it broken.

Uhm no, this patch is needed to make AST "almost" equal when it comes to abilities and uniqueness compared to the other two healers. Now AST is good, and can be an absolute OP healer in the hand of really good players, same as the other two healers. A healer who CAN buff the party, the way it should be, working as intended.

[NorthernLadMSP]

AST was never meant to be a strong healing job, it was always meant to be weaker than the others to justify the use of buffs. AST was always capable, it just required good people to play it, which is why the forums cried over healing buffs, because this community sucks in general at this game.

I have to say, if you are this butthurt and threatened over AST now being viable, then you must suck at this game just as much as the people you're insulting.

[NimueAstolat]

I have to say, if you are this butthurt and threatened over AST now being viable, then you must suck at this game just as much as the people you're insulting.

I never cried over not healing good enough as a AST, not something a lot of people on this forum could say.