Quote Originally Posted by Morningstar1337 View Post
I do wonder what effects could be more useful with shields compared to regens?
maybe not shields in the strict sense of the word but mitigation. nocturnal collective unconscious made noct ast from Literally not even worth considering to actually a decently good choice just from that change alone. 20 seconds of 10% mitigation every minute is huge.

in stormblood, part of what compounded the ast/sch meta is that whm/ast was unviable. not only was whm weak (it did more damage than sch actually) but also noct ast could not hope to compete with scholar's mitigation (sacred soil every 30s + fey covenant) despite having stronger shields than sch.

if nocturnal sect was to actually compete with diurnal itd have to have stronger heals OR provide actual mitigation beyond shields