AST change

[Mansion]

AST is in a very good spot since Creator as said HyoMinPArk and even better since 4.3
It could do with a bit of QoL tweaks but it's virtually the best healer in terms of healing output, raid buff and decent personal DPS.
Yet, I agree that it could be good to have some re-thinking of sects- as shielding is not so efficient unless a fight requires it. That's just what I'm looking for in 5.0. The rest is almost already perfect.

[Seraphor]

Yet, I agree that it could be good to have some re-thinking of sects- as shielding is not so efficient unless a fight requires it. That's just what I'm looking for in 5.0. The rest is almost already perfect.

Add bonus effects to Celestial Opposition and Time Dilation.
Restores the potency of any partially spent shields in addition to extending their duration.

[Mansion]

Add bonus effects to Celestial Opposition and Time Dilation.
Restores the potency of any partially spent shields in addition to extending their duration.

It could make it, but I'm not sure it would be worth it and you can already "cheese" a powerful shield for a given damage with Largesse and Mantra/Nature's Minne. I think shielding has a really narrow use, so it's not worth it to balance it.

In all regular gameplay and most of Savage, mitigation (Addle and this kind of things, or HP% value shields like TBN, Benison) is just enough, regens and off-GCD will do the rest. You only need shielding (Aspected helios and Adlo) in niche situations like Ion Efflux spam or Morn Afah.