What makes WHM special? Nothing anymore.

[winsock]

What WHM has that AST doesn't:
-an AoE that heals everyone for 300, damages all enemies for 300 AND restores 10% of my mana

DS is def a good WHM skill, most everything else the AST has access to in one shape or form

You really cant weigh assize as heavily as you do.
Because of stats you really only have the choice between dmg in cleric stance OR healing out of cleric stance because at any given time one of them is going to be pitiful.

But the major part you're missing here is that MP management is a system and not limited to one particular skill.
Assize as a part of an MP management system is restrictive. If you blindly use it on cd, the 300 potency may not be used as efficiently as it could have been which lowers your mp efficiency, but the longer you wait to use it the more you miss out on the its MP restore.


AST MP management is much more flexible. LA can be used in conjunction with Spear if you want. You can use or save ewer to help with MP, give ewer to the other healer, OR do something else entirely and try for a party DPS increase instead.

Seriously, go level AST to 60, and when your static leader politely but forcefully asks to to go back to WHM, maybe THEN you'll get the message.

How bout you level WHM to 60?