Possible AST nerf

[Sakei]

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They are not a hybrid. They are one or the other. SCH is much more of a hybrid given that they can still have a regen going at times and AST is full on dam shield or no. The card buffs are random. It's a tradeoff. Lump them all together, and hell yes, I'll have another serving of AST please! We are comparing random 15 sec to 30 sec buffs. They are controlled by the rng. You can compare AST regen to the others, but you can't compare it with the damage shields at the same time. That is pure fantasy that even SE can't illustrate properly. Even you are making the argument for the issues at hand now, Kabzy. I have still played all healers, even though it was pre 4.0. I've played whm to 50, (hate it), sch to 60, and ast to 70. You have to see, nerfing all classes just makes all of them weak. If one is performing right, you can't bring it down to match the others. You only end up addressing the same issue all over again.

[Kabzy]

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For the billionth time, it's not about AST performing 'right'. All healers are viable, but AST is just leagues ahead of the other two. At least Jijifli brought up some valid points, you're just continually failing to see the strength the job has right now. You can't always solve things by buffing, because then the healer role itself will be unbalanced relative to the content.

I'll clarify again, I don't think AST needs a lot of nerfs, or even any significant ones. I expect a mix of buffs to the others and slight nerfs will achieve balance. But keeping AST as it is now is simply ridiculous. When the entire game is focused around DPS, having such utlity as the Balance is something the other healers simply cannot match. And it may be gated by RNG, but get real. It's not that difficult to fish for, and the first one is always guaranteed.

Edit: Also I just went full douchebag mode and checked out your fflogs. You don't even exist there and Jiji doesn't have anything recorded. So as someone who actually has all three healers to 70 and can see the power gap between them, I'm not going to waste my time debating with you two. Lets just see what SE decide to do in a few hours.

[Sakei]

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All you said with that is that you are envious of AST. Yes, it is that difficult to fish for when it's completely random. I say again, you never balance by dragging another class down to one you consider to be broken. Yes, I know you claim the opposite but your statements do not back it up. You always end up overnerfing and readjusting. I've seen it a million times. I've played mmo's since 1999. It's never gone otherwise. I stand corrected, once EQ1 corrected an issue that let bards charm the god of the plane of fear. That may go down in history as the only beneficial nerf ever in the history of gaming.