Quote Originally Posted by technole View Post
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In most scenarios where you even need to deploy an Adlo, the party will most likely be stacked for raid wide damage. Aspected Helios does a close enough job to non crit deployed Adlo, and actually N.AST do have a regen in Collective Unconscious, which in said scenarios has good applicability. In fact the regen from that is so strong that it could essentially top everyone off without needing to waste more GCDs on AoE healing. Not to mention the damage reduction too, which SCHs also have but generally will never use unless it's actually preventing fatal blows.

Again, in my opinion, it comes down to the terrible design of AST that the only way they can balance it is via potencies, as they have no unique healing tools. However, there is also zero skill attached to Nocturnal stance and that is my issue with it. There is no reason for an instant shield to be that powerful. It can literally be thrown out at any point during a cast and mitigate any kind of troublesome situation. The other healers actually have to plan their shields ahead of time, and they also are far weaker. They could keep the strongest shields, but it's not right for them to be that much stronger for what is essentially a brainless ability.