How would you change Nocturnal AST to be competitive against SCH?

[Kabzy]

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Okay firstly relax.

And Scholar most certainly is in a role. You will never see a progression group use two Scholars, and so you will never see a Scholar main healing when there is a White Mage or Astrologian in the party. Your argument about solo healing is completely irrelevant as these are generally done after content is irrelevant or with a group that clearly knows exactly what to do 100% of the time. As Astrologian solo healed A3S back when it was relevant, does that make the job overpowered? I think not.

Every job in this game fits into a role. Astrologian is trying to fit into two, but has failed in the off-healer slot when compared to Scholar. Also, maybe don't listen to people telling you to spam heals, learn the job and optimise it on your own. Then you'll see which job fits into which role for yourself.

Edit: Also what are these mana issues you're talking about? This isn't 2.x, literally none of the healers should struggle with mana unless they're constantly raising people. Astrologian may arguably have better MP regen than Scholar with their LA buff. Please do some research at least before you make random claims.