Quote Originally Posted by Lodi View Post
And you didn't read what I wrote. Try doing that before calling me a liar.

I said that optimizing Divination barely makes a difference. By spamming cards and using Div whenever available, you're already getting to 2/3 of the optimal buff numbers; aligning seals and using the right cards barely adds to the pile.
Oh, and make sure not to clip any of your redraws, because you'll waste a Malefic and it would kinda ruin the point of aligning seals.

Most classes get awful numbers if they don't use their kit correctly, but AST still gets most of its buffs by just puttings cards on the best DPS and using Divination whenever. It's ridiculous.

Besides, if you really, really want to squeeze a bit more damage, then play WHM or SCH. They're still far ahead. Hell, even Chain Stratagem sometimes gets better results in one single button press.
There's no real point in theorycrafting AST right now, because the result will pretty much be "more work for less results than the others". Even in top tier teams.
I didn't call you a liar. Maybe you should follow your own advice.

Then: "0.5%" of the group's dps, is "extremely small", barely makes a difference between zombie play and optimal play.
Now: Play WHM, it's still far ahead. Meanwhile, the difference between AST and WHM in Titan parses at 99pct is around "0.5%" the raid's dps.

Do you get the point?

Divination alone contributes ~10% of the AST's rdps. Cards contribute at least 5% on top of that. Use your tools well, they are important.