3.1 : Astrologian "adjustments''

[Ghishlain]

I figure I'll just put my two cents on the table since it's talked about so much in these last few pages.

• AST's Benefic, Benefic II, and Helios are slightly more powerful than WHMs Cure, Cure II, and Medica when you allow for Diurnal's Sect bonus. Admittedly, Haste has always been a weird thing for healers because you should never be in a position to chain heal, but AST spells will always land faster than WHM spells giving it a very minor edge.
• When looking at raw power, Aspected Benefic wins. Aspected Benefic gives you 1,030 Potency in 18 seconds. Regen gives you 900 Potency in the same 18 seconds. While you will have to apply Apsected Benefic more often, it still gives you more healing over the same period of time versus Regen at the cost of more MP and more GCDs used. And of course it's always encouraged to have your single target HoT up 100% of the time outside of a few select instances (add spawning, for example).
• Essential Dignitiy should be compared to Tetragrammaton - not Benediction. Both serve as similar burst heal buttons on short recasts. When you do that comparison, you get three EDs off in same time you get two Tetras. If the target is below 80% of their max health on each ED application, ED will heal for more in that same two minute period. ED overall wins this argument in my mind.
• If the AST gets two ticks of CU out, CU actually does more healing than Asylum. CU at 6 ticks (holding still for two server ticks) grants 900 Potency of heal to the target(s). Asylum caps at 800 Potency. It's still situational which one is better however, as CU does indeed ground the AST for two+ ticks (as rightfully noted)
• I don't like the comparison to all the traits - but there is one trait does need mentioning and that's Freecure. Freecure is what gives WHM the longevity and power that surpasses AST and nothing can take that away from WHM. Anyone advocating Enhanced Benefic should equal Freecure needs to realize if you do that, you're stripping one of the most potent tools available to the WHM repertoire.

Also, where's Disable in the list? WHM has no equal from the base toolkit until you start taking into account cross classes.