Astrologian - do you really want to rely on RNG in your group healer?

[Fynlar]

Wanna have a heal-off, OP? ;> Let's see who's better able to keep the party alive. Parse DPS too while you're at it, because WHM can't do shit to boost party DPS while AST can in several ways. A skilled AST is superior to a WHM by far, even with the "RNG" element. The trick is learning correct card/CD management. I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have been the one to rescue a run over my WHM healing partner.

Now now, AST is fine and all, but let's not act like your job's shit doesn't stink or something.

A skilled *player* is almost always going to be superior than an unskilled one, let's leave it at that, shall we?

[Miyha]

Now now, AST is fine and all, but let's not act like your job's shit doesn't stink or something.

A skilled *player* is almost always going to be superior than an unskilled one, let's leave it at that, shall we?

...I never was acting like my "job's shit didn't stink"? I was simply using common sense to make a point. AST is, by all means, superior to a WHM (in the right hands): it boasts both the healing power potential AND provides party buffs that in some cases almost seem broken. (Seen a good BLM with Arrow or a MNK with Balance?)

Doesn't mean WHM is useless, it just means that AST has more party utility and offers more than just big heals. A WHM will always boast the highest raw healing power, but that doesn't mean an AST can't compete with proper timing and CD usage.

...I do have all three healers equally geared and play all relatively frequently. (Which is why I'm even able to make such an assertion in the first place.) If I thought AST was the end all be all or the "best" healing job, I wouldn't have bothered to touch the others. -_-