AST buffs in 3.4 Changes to Barries and Cards.

[Atoli]

Hey you can be unhappy with the change but you are basically saying you are ditching the class because of that which is insane. Both have pros and cons. Neither break the class.

What is wrong with that? I'm not saying the class is broken now (if anything, maybe too good now, actually).
I'm just saying they took the things away that I liked and based on some quick math we did in my FC, the new playstyle won't be anything I enjoy anymore either.
So I do not welcome these changes, just like many BRDs didn't welcome WM becoming a thing (despite it not changing much objectively because even before, BRD didn't have to move too much, it just COULD).

In contrast, getting an insta cast heal is useless if you were planning on precasting the heal so that it would heal more damage taken by the tank during the cast.

Well, the insta-cast just eliminated the need to precast the heal. You can use that casttime to cast something else, upping your Dmg Output and throw the insta-cast heal out at the same time the DMG hits and the result ends up being the same, just with one more spell weaved in.

[Zaj_Quilos]

What is wrong with that? I'm not saying the class is broken now (if anything, maybe too good now, actually).
I'm just saying they took the things away that I liked and based on some quick math we did in my FC, the new playstyle won't be anything I enjoy anymore either.
So I do not welcome these changes, just like many BRDs didn't welcome WM becoming a thing (despite it not changing much objectively because even before, BRD didn't have to move too much, it just COULD).

The "playstyle" of that random instant cast being removed? That's made you give up the class? Oh well. *facepalms*

[Atoli]

The "playstyle" of that random instant cast being removed? That's made you give up the class? Oh well. *facepalms*

No, that Nocturnal is so much more viable than Diurnal now.

[Zaj_Quilos]

No, that Nocturnal is so much more viable than Diurnal now.

It's as viable.

[Rennies]

It's as viable.

Diurnal is better when shields aren't immediately needed to keep your health above 0.

[KarstenS]

Well, the insta-cast just eliminated the need to precast the heal.

And this was pure horror, as you had to wait an entire GCD after that instant heal before you coukld cast the next heal.

Or you can't precast the heal for the tankbuster because you have that instant heal proc, which is running out just right before the tankbuster hits (thats not fictive. I had this in A1S).