Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
Quick question. Why would you mention that AST has taken over as the progression healer, and then use an endgame savage raid as an example? And AST can pop LS as soon as it is available to them for heavy movement. LS gives AST the potential to cheese mechanics, and actually probably needs to be on a much longer CD. It's OP right now.

AST honestly sucks for progression pre-60. How often are you taking AST over SCH or WHM outside expert roulettes? I'm guessing not at all, because one weakness this job has, is how insufferable it is outside of max level once you get there. This actually makes it the worst out of the three healers for progressive content. Of course, you can correct me if I am wrong.
I'm gonna be blunt here. No one cares about content outside end game. When we're talking about prog, we're specifically referring to Savage—EX Primals to a much lesser extent. White Mage does fine in dungeons, but when you can run through dungeons with three DPS and a tank, it's not exactly a setting people focus on.

Basically, you've said White Mage is good for the leveling process. Which is precisely the issue. Once you enter content that matters, Astro is hilariously superior in virtually every way.