3.1 : Astrologian "adjustments''

[Vlady]

OK, let's nip this in the bud. AST Combust and Combust II are the equivalent of SCH's Bio and Bio II and never miss (which is good). AST lacks Miasma and Shadowflare, but can still miss with Aero like a pro SCH. Malefic II is 30 potency stronger than Broil though, with the same cast time, and only 10 potency shy of WHM's Stone III. If you are taking a SCH for its "overwhelming DPS", then you are kidding yourself. You are taking the SCH for reliability. Ostensibly Noct abilities are all very similar--they have a Succor (same potency, .5s longer cast), a bubble (which must be channeled, as movement breaks it), and an instant adlo (which lacks the crit effect). However when comparing the card buffs and the fairies, especially Eos, then you see the reason. The fairy can on demand give party-wide magic defense, increased healing, and regen with Eos or haste with Selene depending on the need, and Deployment Tactics is the strongest shield effect in-game currently for predictable damage spikes on the party. You pop what you need to when you need it and there is no random factor involved. This is very, very useful for fights like A3S and A4S where there's a lot of predictable AoE damage to defend against. And this says nothing of the fairies free, constant healing every three to five seconds. As powerful as AST cards are, it's their very RNG nature that is probably their biggest detriment to planned raiding, even if it happens to be part of the charm of the class.

Additionally AST mana regen is pretty garbage, and this is a problem if they're expected to spam DPS like a SCH when not healing, especially if you're in A4S and letting Whirblewind go off for more DPS time. WHM have Assize to supplement Shroud and SCH can easily save an Aetherflow, but AST get only their single refresh skill which is bad, especially if they're called on to res later.

You first disagree with me then in essence agree with me. Scholar dps is not because its potency is similiar or broil is less then mal 2 it is because its dps is mana neutral for a healer and can sustain 800+ dps quite well compared to an astrologian which yes its offensive abilities are greater because of that fact alone. Not to mention you yourself also pointed out that the fairy is one hella of an ace that lets the scholar sustain its offensive abilities more easily then an astrologian ever could at this stage of the game. You have ruin 2 for times of required movement and are able to stay in cleric stance for longer periods of time because of the abilities you mentioned before.

Or are you saying that raids do not bring scholar for its ability to push strong dps without crippling the jobs ability to heal during phases that require both healers?