Wow this blew up more than I thought it would. Loving the conversation in the thread.

Just to clarify, I’m not asking for WHM nerfs. I love everything about it right now, it has no issues. The point of my original post was to advocate for SCH and AST QoL changes, tweaks, and buffs to bring them up to par with WHM.

Yes, in the past WHM was behind. However, they gutted SCH and AST this expansion while keeping WHM relatively the same and arguably buffed with the new job gauge. The new job gauge fixed my main complaint about WHM in the last expansions which was their lack of instant cast heals which limited mobility. That has been fixed, and everything flows well and feels perfect.AST by comparison still has light speed for mobility and instant heals in a crutch but it is now being used to conserve mana and may not be up when you need it’s main function of mobility.

AST aoe heal potency and ability is very behind compared to WHM and even SCH. I do agree that WHM should be known for good strong heals, but the difference of how quickly a WHM can heal the party vs an Astrologian is astounding. 100 potency initial heal with aspected Helios compared to 200 on Medica 2. 100 potency on celestial opposition’s 2 minute CD with LESS regen than aspected Helios. Yes the regens stack but for an instant heal and such a long cooldown, id rather have a strong emergency heal comparable to afflatus rapture, assize, and indominability.

Noct Astro’s aspected benefic is too expensive, period. It’s niche is an instant cast heal and shield to mitigate damage and potentially save someone taking hits that you can follow up with a normal heal. WHM has a potential of 3 Solace’s, divine benison, benediction, and tetra to save someone. They earn a new lily every 30 seconds. All of the whm skills listed cost 0 mana.

Scholar has lustrate and gets 3 aetherflow every 60s, 0 mana cost and you actually gain mana every 60s.

Noct AST has essential dignity, potential max of 2, and gets a stack every 45s. To fill the void between essential dignities, aspected benefic is used which eats all of your mana (10% with each use). In the last expansions this discrepancy wasn’t as apparent as it is now with the new lily system and mana system change. Ideally you shouldn’t need to use Aspected benefic that much but in the situations where you are, it hurts.