Scholar vs Astrologian Mitigation

[Seraphor]

And yet i always feel far more effective in nocturnal than diurnal.
Shields give you a chance to premptively heal through attacks and give you more control over fast paced battles.
Regent restricts you to steady healing over time, even if the casting is slightly faster, your overall healing still ends up being slower and more reactionary.

[VanilleFang]

Regent restricts you to steady healing over time, even if the casting is slightly faster, your overall healing still ends up being slower and more reactionary.

Eeeh... They are used in different situations. Granted shields are better, as eHP is amazing, but HoTs aren't entirely reactionary. I think HoTs are far more useful for allowing for more DPS up time because shields are usually destroyed fairly quickly, while HoTs last a while and slow the drop of HP. Shields are expensive to cast, while HoTs are very MP efficient as well. Shields can save someone from death, but HoTs allow you to heal someone consistently with only 1 GCD.

The best case scenario is having both a shield and HoTs on the tank. That's why DB+Regen is so ridiculous.