Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
The ability to change sects between regen and shields is something I love about AST, being able to fit with any other healer.
It's also integral to it's lore, as several quests have you errecting barriers with Aspected Benefic.
It's not a roadblock and adjustments can be made to the questline if they went this route. They don't have to get rid of Aspected Benefict, only the shield it provides. It's understandable that if the devs did redo AST, that it would upset those who enjoy how it currently plays. But try to remember that this is a wish list thread, and nothing official. I doubt the devs will rework AST to this point. Though not a guarantee, if they say current AST has a problem or acknowledged that the majority of the playerbase feels it does, they would probably say something along the lines of, "We're currently looking at AST." Either way, I doubt they would blindside us until May to reveal a rework.

These suggestions would completely destroy what AST currently is, and seem more suited for theory crafting an entirely new healer job.
That's the idea. Theory crafting is fine in a suggestions/wish list thread. I can only speak personally, but it would seem many of my thoughts about AST are shared; much to my surprise. If I only played AST, I would probably love it. But because I play and love both WHM and SCH, AST just leaves a bad taste in my mouth with their copy and paste abilities. #killAST

I'd much rather AST stayed roughly how it is, then made the new healer a pure-healer with buffs.
Make the buffs better than ASTs, then AST maintains its position as the jack of all trades healer, but working around three philosophies instead of two.
The suggestions to redo the job is not because it doesn't work in PvE, but rather its lack of identity. For those who feel AST is this jack of all trades healer, then by definition it should not be able to do anything better than the other two healers. Their shields and regens shouldn't be anywhere near the level of SCH and WHM, and they make up for it with their other utility. But they do both of these just as good, if not better; have higher rDPS than a WHM, AND STILLhave all that utility. That's not what I would call, "Jack of all trades." That's what I call OP, or cheese.