Quote Originally Posted by Billythepancake View Post
AST is already mp inefficient and nocturnal makes the problem worse. When mitigation needs to be done AST doesn't have much outside of it's expensive shield heals and a couple of very lengthy CDs meanwhile SCH has several tools outside of succor that can help mitigate, some like sacred soil being on a very short cool down. SCH also has the tools to recover MP when it does need to use its big shield heals while AST has nothing outside of lucid dreaming. If I'm struggling with MP at the tail end of E4s as a SCH, I'd honestly hate to see how a shield AST would get by.

Also, let's not forget, aspected benefic costs twice as much mp in nocturnal as it does in diurnal, for some reason.
Im always confused with the english names x)
Anyway, well yeah AST is indeed inefficient mp wise but that could honestly easily be solved.
Either by nerfing mp cast or adding new Form of mp regen (like when using a card for instance)

as we both said, SCH has SS and AST only has CU.
Considering how bad CU currently is, they could nerf it to 30~45s and that would solve this issue? Ss would still be better but that would elevate most of the issue.