Never healed before in my life in a game until now and I gotta say....

[Deceptus]

I mean, I guess my point there was.... why give me a dozen abilities at level 30 including a buff that adds regen to specific spells... and then not give me at least one of said spells? It's like Machinist getting their overcharge heat buff but they don't even get the heat blasts/arrows or even the potency buff.... At that point, why bother? Seems like they should've given me a sect + aspected benefic to start ya know?

Same reason Warriors used to get Defiance at lvl 30 without anything to use it with. It happens. It's absolutely terrible design but it happens.

This is how I’ve been playing AST, whilst Noct being weaker than Diurnal is a complaint on AST, when one of the general complaints is that healers heals too well, I think this is better.

Diurnal works if you're paired with a WHM, or SCH. (regens can stack)

Noct doesn't (shields don't stack)

[Valic]

Same reason Warriors used to get Defiance at lvl 30 without anything to use it with. It happens. It's absolutely terrible design but it happens.

Again, that's not the point... Defiance back then still changed your stats and gave you increased enmity. You could use it and it did "do" something for your job even without any actual skills to couple it.... I can use Diurnal Sect being level 30-34.. but nothing affects it and I don't get any boosts for activating the stance to begin with.