Every time I decide to play Ast, I find a thread that destroys my enthusiasm.

[DarkmoonVael]

That is way more work for way less DPS and costs way more mana.

WHM can dps completely safe under holy and they have an AoE DoT they can throw out. They also have PoM to make their DPS higher.

SCH can pre-shield and have their faerie carry them while they get their dots up and bane them. SCH also has no problems with mana while gravity eats mana up faster than DRGs eat the dirt.

I'm not saying it can't be done, it's just underwhelming.

Ok then throw in your aoe oGCD stun, your cards (hello enhanced balance on blm/smn), and the fact that AST is incredibly fun to play.

Also it costs far less mana than WHM for the simple fact that like for like spells cost less, and far more bursty than SCH.

AST dps kit is not as underwhelming as people seem to think, esp with their 2 native dots not having accuracy requirements.

That being said, whm aoe dps right now is a bit OP due to assize, but this does not mean AST aoe is bad.