DPSing as a healer

[Fevelle]

I don't find it bad or lazy, I find the players lazy for not adapting to it.

They weren't only complaining about the 20 potency difference, they were complaining about how it was combined with the lack of healing options compared to both Scholar and White Mage.

If you find it ok for healers to be measured by how much damage they do in a RPG game, you should probably review your role-playing game concepts.

And YES, they were complaining about the potency -especifically- in many threads. And AST never had "lack of healing options", the only big problem was cards and that there were no gains for the party by bringing AST over the other two classes.