With the Nerf to AST, AA's should no longer interrupt casting

[Cidel]

I think...

Lol, seriously? Pulling up random matches trying to cherry-pick arguments of healing when you have no idea how the matches play out/behavior of my party members? So please, make more assumptions about playstyle based on a match you know nothing about.

...but the fact is they've learnt to deal with it (they being SCH&WHM)

Lets get one thing straight here, I don't particularly care about having to hardcast; I'll do it on AST when I have the ability to do so/it's practical, I can play WHM if I so choose to/in the mood, but the survivability of AST is much more dependable.

If you don't think they lol spam shields, why do so many run nocturnal and not diurnal in 4v4?

See above reason, for one. But if that's all the ASTs you are referring to are capable of, and its working, then that speaks volumes about the other team.