Please do not nerf Astrologian instead buff WHM/SCH

[Ootarion]

AST needs to step back a bit.
I don't care if they keep their utility buffs, that's their thing. But by no means, should they be healing for the same numbers as a WHM, and even stronger than a SCH. It's so stupid.

By no means is AST a definitive more powerful healer then WHM.

Can they Benedict? No, their closest comparison is Essential Dignity but not even that is anywhere near as good. WHM has better MP management by default in that their MP costs on abilities like Medica II and Regen is infact lower then Aspected Helios and Aspected Benefic.

Do ASTs have anything even remotely as good as the WHM ability Thin Air? No, not even close. Even with Enhanced Ewer and Lucid Dreaming, AST does NOT have a means of Infinite MP like what WHM can pull out.

Do ASTs have the same DPS potential? Nope, WHMs have Stone IV, Aero III and Aero II and they also have Assize which is a 300 potency AoE that also heals respectively well and restores 10% mp, AST only has ONE offensive AoE and that is Gravity and they dont even get that until lvl 52. You could sit there and say that in a WHM vs AST comparison that the AST will have better damage, but this is incorrect, the WHM will still have better damage potential then the AST regardless of whether or not the AST buffs themselves with Enhanced Balance.

AST: Malefic III (Potency 220), Combust II (Potency 50, Gravity (Potency 200), Lord of Crowns (300), Earthly Star (Potency 150 in the first 10 seconds, 200 in the next 10 seconds)

WHM: Stone IV (Potency 260), Aero III (Potency 50 with a dot potency of 40 and is AoE), Aero II (Potency 50 with Potency 50 DoT), Assize (Instant Off Global AoE with Potency 300 attack and Heals and restores MP), Holy (Potency 200 with Stun)

WHM has has a stronger Off Global Cooldown aoe that is centered on them, while Earthly Star is an Off Global as well but once you set it, its stuck where it is, and in some fights, this is useless. Furthermore, again, WHM can use Thin Air at lvl 62 to negate ALL mp costs for 12 seconds, and thats 12 seconds of free casting whatever the heck they want, combined with Presence of Mind for faster casting....yeah, you really wanna say that AST is op? Yeah no. Am I saying WHM is op? No, but neither is AST, now please people, calm down and back off, AST is not op, there are PLENTY of things WHM can still do better.

Is AST better then SCH? Not from what I have seen.

SCH Adloquium has a cure potency of 300, which is 100 points higher then ASTs Aspected Benefic, even with a 15% heal buff increase, that isnt going to make Aspected Benefic+Nocturnal Sect shielding better at healing or shielding because of the fact that Adloquium still has a baseline potency of 300 AND it shields for the SAME amount it heals while Aspected Benefic's shield is 250% of what it heals, this means that if anything, without a crit, Aspected Benefic has a stronger shield, but when Adloquium crits, its healing is not only doubled but so is the shielding, so this means when a SCH CRITS with Adloquium, it will have a much stronger shield then AST will.

SCH still has an identify of it's own to, it has PETS! It even has more dots then AST and can bane for multi target dotting, but the pets alone, Eos and Selene still bring ALOT of helpful abilities to a fight.

So if anything, AST and SCH are about equal in my eyes. Oh and also, it has more offensive AoE then AST does.

If SCH and WHM are falling behind, it is only because they need buffs, so dont blame or accuse AST as the reason for the problems WHM and SCH might be having. If you nerf what AST has, it will NOT solve the problem as WHM and SCH will STILL be where they are. They need to buff WHM and SCH if anything.

I can even prove that WHM has better damage. I just attacked some target dummies and the numbers I got for my WHM's Aero III and Aero II, was a grand total 8,199 damage from just the Aero III and Aero II ALONE where as Combust II, an ASTs ONE and ONLY dot, only managed 7,660, a difference of 539 damage! OH and before anyone tries to say "AST has the balance card, your argument is invalid!" I should let everyone know, that my WHM when I did this test, is only lvl 60 with an average item lvl of 256 while my AST is lvl 68 with an average item level of 275! and yet despite this, like I said, between Aero III+Aero II vs Combust II there is only a damage difference of 539! So you guys still wanna say AST is to strong? Also this test did not take into account off global attacks like Assize, which is far and above stronger damage wise then Earthly Star ever will be, even with Enhanced Balance, Earthly Star would at best gain 100 more potency but that would just raise it up to Assize's damage potency, not exceed it and because of the Lily System, Assize can potentially have far more up time then Earthly Star. The ONLY thing Earthly Star does better is it has a stronger healing potency then Assize, but again Assize can have a much quicker cooldown if you use the Lily System to your advantage! Also I dont see Earthly Star restoring 10% mp each time it is used!

WHM has Benediction (Full Heal no matter what and is Off Global), Tetragrammaton (Cure Potency 700 and is Off Global and thanks to the Lily System it's cooldown can be shortened), Assize (Cure Potency 300 and is also Off Global and thanks to the Lily System it's cooldown can be reduced) oh and lets not forget Asylum (ground targetted aoe that remains in play for 24 seconds and has a cure potency of 100 and can ALSO have it's cooldown reduced by the Lily System). So many of you claim that AST is the better healer BUT IT DOES NOT have anywhere near the same number of Off Global Heals of such power! Even I, a tried and true main stay Astrologian, can clearly tell where a WHM does something better then me! That being said....am I saying Im weaker as a healer? No, I can say without any bias, that AST and WHM are on par, they have their own niches, I still gladly use my WHM when the mood strikes me.

But again, if any buffs are needed, I can see SCH getting buffed at least a little bit cause like I said, AST and WHM both are doing just fine.