Spread buff is nice. CU nerf is odd but understandable and can be worked around.
Noct AST will remain garbage as it stands. Has been discussed over and over, having just a slightly more MP-efficient option with near-equal potency compared to Benefic 2 and slightly stronger healing/shielding does not make up for a fairy that heals about 200 potency/3s (tick) without need for re-application (unless you use dissipation), easier MP management and more personal DPS in the long run.
It isn't just Noct AST being incredibly far behind any other healer/diurnal sect, but on top of that you need to be far more concentrated and try much harder to get your full worth out of N.AST.. to be surpassed by any other healer with ease. Take all the stuff diurnal AST suffers from (no I'm not saying it is bad, I dare say D.AST/SCH is the strongest comp but that is my own, incredibly biased opinion), amplify them and you have nocturnal AST as just a main healer. Mismanaging Cleric Stance while optimizing, running out of MP, recovering from a hit you didn't preshield, taking advantage of both the heal and the shield of aspected spells are much harder. This is added on top of telling your members to get their butts into your bubble, stacking close for cards, checking what cards to use when, having no instant OGCD AoE healing in case shit goes down.
I honestly don't know who could defend the existence of both SCH or N.AST compared to the other. Indomitability is incredibly strong and with Eos out a SCH can easily heal equal to a WHM/D.AST depending on the fight lay-out (possible Cure3/CU/Asylum stacking, double/triple regen possibilities), which N.AST simply can't do because it has no answer to both Whispering Dawn and Indomitability. And that is disregarding the inexistence of E4E and Fey Covenant.
Indomitability says hi. Also, 200potency/3s is still ridiculously strong for not needing to spend one out of 6/7 globals reapplying, at the cost of not being able to apply to other targets.


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