Quote Originally Posted by Xaeth View Post
Right now, Adloquium shield is 300 potency and Aspected Benefic shield is 500 potency so I feel your comment makes no sense.
Did you read up on this at all before commenting?

ps. Counting Asts sect bonus, Aspected Benefics shield is actually equal to 575 potency.
I never made any attempt to compare to the two because that's not the point of the thread? I can't clarify if you don't point out what you're disagreeing with.

Yes Aspected Benefic is stronger, but Astrologian also doesn't have a fairy, nor Excogitation, nor instant heals that can be used as frequently. It doesn't get crit bonuses and can't be spread easily to nearby party members. Aspected Benefic is stronger because you can't follow it up with an instant, MP free 600 potency heal 3 times every 45 seconds, and that's not accounting for any fairy healing.

Astrologian and Scholar are completely different, there isn't any point in trying to compare the way shields work on the two, especially not in a vacuum. One is heavily GCD based and thus has stronger GCDs, one is heavily oGCD based and thus has weaker GCDs.