Patch 5.05 Astrologian is still frustrating, stressful, and disappointing

[AmeliaVerves]

But it's easy to weave it in between casts of dps, or cards, or other healing abilities. The duration may be a bit long, but I've reshielded my group at the end of it's cast so that they can absorb the next mechanic and regen a little after. Some AoE's come in waves as well. E1S has several instances where you get whacked with 2 heavy raid wide damage abilities. Hell, I often provide most of the healing for Paradise Regained because the duration of N.Sect is enough that you can shield the tank lasers, then the delta buddy stack, and one final cast for the altered delta mechanic itself. While I will concede that using it once and leaving it does feel kind of whatever, the instances where I do that don't seem to be very often. I'll either weave a NA.Nenefic on the tank and continue casting. Just my 2c honestly.

I guess the skill is fine for most occasions and players, but take whatever I say with a tiny grain of salt, because I see everything in the context of a very high level of optimisation.
While you ofc can use several GCDs during the Neutral Sect window, you obviously don't want that when trying to maximize your DPS output, so ye. Not a big fan personally. ^^'

I share the sentiment. Also, don't our cards' and Divination buff count as our dps as well? Those along with Malefic and Combust surely count for our personal dps, right?

Ast is still inferior to Whm rDPS and pDPS wise. It will probably change later in the expansion when DPS do more damage so the % buffs of the cards give out exponantially more damage too, but only time will tell.