Please do not nerf Astrologian instead buff WHM/SCH

[Ootarion]

Maybe not a complete rework.

But instead of their aspected heals being regen/shield perhaps they should be aspected to whatever card is drawn, save for the minor arcana cards. 50% effect for A. Benefic, and 25% for A. Helios.

That way it would have its own identity as a Buff Healer vs. White Mage being a Pure/Regen healer and Scholar being the Sheild Healer.

Oh god no.....the whole point of AST was to give it the freedom to swap between two different healing styles, leave it alone..-.-

Addendum: They probably very likely thought that btw and if they were gonna do it, they'd have done so by now, if they were gonna change how Aspected Helios and Aspected Benefic work, they'd have already done so. They are not about to change the class now.

[dynus]

Oh god no.....the whole point of AST was to give it the freedom to swap between two different healing styles, leave it alone..-.-

Addendum: They probably very likely thought that btw and if they were gonna do it, they'd have done so by now, if they were gonna change how Aspected Helios and Aspected Benefic work, they'd have already done so. They are not about to change the class now.

Maybe, maybe not. Who can tell with the dev team?

But that's beside the point. My suggestion is hardly the most extreme, as only two spells are affected. Some people are calling for it to be completely reworked.

We've gotten to the point where the 'swap' choice is better than the two jobs with fixed styles of healing. And that's just bad design.

What I'm suggesting ties into the cards, which has always been the core of the job's kit, and gives its own identity that isn't WHM or SCH sub.

[Ootarion]

What I'm suggesting ties into the cards, which has always been the core of the job's kit, and gives its own identity that isn't WHM or SCH sub.

When I play my AST the feeling is no where near the same as WHM or SCH, as I have played all three, AST to lvl 68, WHM to 60 and SCH to at least the early 50s, I feel 3 very distinct, very different play styles. While AST has the ability to apply regens like WHM can, there is still the undeniable fact that both classes are very different. I wouldnt wanna play AST if it were to suddenly change. This is not to say that I cannot adapt, just that I love how it is designed with such fervor that I wouldnt be willing to continue if the design Ive come to love was suddenly gone. This has nothing to do with it's strengths or weaknesses, just purely how it has been designed. Take that away, and my reason for playing the class is taken, I wouldnt be surprised if others feel the same.

Addendum: I understand that people here in this thread are just giving their thoughts, their ideas, but radically altering AST, even just two of it's abilities, isnt going to solve the present issues with SCH, or whatever issues there are with WHM.