diurnal sect or nocturnal sect which do you like better

[MiniPrinny]

That breaks in almost .02 seconds lol, and look at how much MP it costs compared to how long it lasts, and it you want that shield to be up always then it's gonna drain your MP. Maybe if the shield didn't break SO easily it would be better. But by time I throw it up and hop into Cleric, oh guess what, shield's gone and tank is taking damage, lol.

Where do you people even come from? Here's some math for you. Adloquium is a 300 potency heal with a 300 potency shield that doubles to a 600 potency shield on a crit. Nocturnal Aspected Benefic is a 250 potency heal which "nullifies damage equaling 130% of the amount of HP restored." Now, the tooltip is phrased a little weirdly, but, like Adloquium, it creates a shield equal to how hard the heal hit, not how much HP was restored. Going from there, we can start doing the math. 250 x 1.3 = 325. Already, Nocturnal Aspected Benefic produces a stronger shield than a Scholar when we remove unpredictable elements from the equation, which as a healer, you should be doing so to begin with. Now we add in the 5% modifier that Nocturnal Sect provides, this boosts Aspected Benefic from a 250 potency heal with a 325 potency shield, to a 262.5 potency heal with a 341.25 potency shield. However, there is another aspect (heh) that is overlooked when comparing the two. Scholars often do not have their healing steroid available since the metagame prefers Selene over Eos. Already Nocturnal Aspected Benefic is doing just a bit more than Aldoquium does, but now we add an additional 20% (60% for the heal) to that from Synastry, which, through some code failing doesn't also boost the shield by 40% if you're casting it on the effected target, but regardless, we're looking at massive 441 potency heal with a 409.5 potency shield. This is a 950.5 potency instant cast healing spell, that costs less than Aldoquium. So not only is Aspected Benefic's potency value much greater than Aldoquium when buffed and properly modified, it is more powerful on demand, which Aldoquium certainly is not.