Scholar vs Astrologian Mitigation

[Risvertasashi]

costed less.

Just to address this in particular, the cost was raised significantly with Stormblood. For reference, if it had remained the same, it would cost around 600mp at level 70. Obviously this isn't the case now. But it still has its advantages, and it's still cheaper than adlo.

AST has potentially the worst MP recovery.

This being said, pretty much all ASTs I see having trouble with MP don't extend Lucid Dreaming. It's a bit like a SCH that doesn't use/take Lucid Dreaming. On the flipside, with the cost of AB rising, shields can't really be spammed as freely and constantly as late HW AST.

[Mimilu]

This being said, pretty much all ASTs I see having trouble with MP don't extend Lucid Dreaming.

True. I'm guilty of this as well. >w>
Even worse, they both have the same cooldown time, 120 seconds.
I usually just forget to do it or I'm holding out for an AoE card.

[KDSilver]

This being said, pretty much all ASTs I see having trouble with MP don't extend Lucid Dreaming. It's a bit like a SCH that doesn't use/take Lucid Dreaming. On the flipside, with the cost of AB rising, shields can't really be spammed as freely and constantly as late HW AST.

This, and not using lightspeed either.
Especially when you have to cast a lot of aoe.