Looking for updated AST learning material

[Elysaine]

Just got my AST up to level 63. I've tried both diurnal and nocturnal sects to heal with. Personally I prefer to play diurnal and having hot's like the white mage has. I'm better at healing stuff then having to predict what the future might bring when it comes to shielding people.

Both sects are completely viable. The sect you'll be using is probably the play style which suits you the best. Hot's vs shields basically

If you're in an 8 man party with 2 healers, then it depends on the other healer which sect you should be using. If the other healer is a Scholar, then go diurnal. Shields don't stack. With a White Mage both sects work. If the other healer is a fellow Astrologian, you both should be using different sects.

[RiaDovvinias]

Just got my AST up to level 63. I've tried both diurnal and nocturnal sects to heal with. Personally I prefer to play diurnal and having hot's like the white mage has. I'm better at healing stuff then having to predict what the future might bring when it comes to shielding people.

I had the opposite reaction, to be honest. My AST is 68 at the moment, and from the moment I got noct at 50, I loved it. But tanks didn't seem to care for it, because they always clicked off my shield. But, as it turns out, high level DRKs (I haven't leveled mine that far so I don't know when) can pop their own shield that will give them mana. I don't know if other tanks think it's the res from diurnal's hot, which can send a lot of enmity your way, but especially if I'm in a 50-60 dungeon with an under-geared tank, I like shields. It gives me a moment to heal a DPS or draw a card before popping another heal on the tank.