Quote Originally Posted by Ashkendor View Post
The dumb part is that AST can overwrite Adloquium + Deployment tactics with Aspected Helios, or can overwrite a critted shield with a non-crit shield, effectively cutting it by more than half. I'd just as soon have the AST in Diurnal if they're paired up with my SCH.
I mean, if I'm on AST and I join a party with a SCH I immediately switch to Diurnal. Even if the shield priority was fixed, it makes no sense to have that much shielding going on. But I do agree, the stronger shield should have priority over the weaker one. If a SCH's shield is stronger than the AST's than it should NOT overwrite it, and vise vers, ESPECIALLY if the SCH gets a crit.

But Noct AST's do have some perks that SCH don't have. I mained SCH for a while so I weighed the pros and cons to both jobs. What I love of about Noct AST is that Aspected Benefic is reliably potent and doesn't require the AST to prey for a crit, in addition to that it's instantaneous. Unlike Adloq which has a cast time. That cast time might not seem like much, but during a raid, those instant casts can be the difference between life and death. Each job has it's own perks though, neither is better than the other.