New healer: Sage. Barrier healer.

[Gemina]

Ty for trying to educate people. Even top end players to this day think sch shields are higher potency when they are not and while deploying a crit adlo is still more aoe shield than a asp helios, its still not as not significantly bigger since you can't deploy cata and a crit asp helios would be just as good.

That's just it, they have Critlo. It is quite literally utility within itself. It's actually crazy to think that it has been nerfed because it is still crazy powerful, which is why it is probably still tied to RNG. Recitation + Succor is a somewhat weaker version of a critlo they also have at their disposal. SCH just always has a response for unavoidable AoE damage, and through various methods which really makes them feel like a tactician opposed to the fewer fallback choices AST has. IOW, SCH has its identity set in stone as a primary mitigation healer.

While the shielding power is impressive in that image, without the ability to swap sects mid-combat, you lose out on a lot of it. He’s got both Diurnal and Nocturnal shielding on there for Aspected Benefic and Neutral Sect. That is impossible in actual combat since you are locked to a single sect the minute a boss is pulled. So, boast about it all you want, but realize the limitations as well.

I've been thinking that this might be a good thing for AST because of the limitations it faces as a result of not having access to both sects during combat. Shoed into the "pure healer" branch role, they can focus on making AST its own job, which is what needed to happen in the first place.

[Absurdity]

SCH just always has a response for unavoidable AoE damage, and through various methods which really makes them feel like a tactician opposed to the fewer fallback choices AST has. IOW, SCH has its identity set in stone as a primary mitigation healer.

Sure makes me feel like the barrier tactician when I make the tactical decision to simply ignore my shields since it's a waste of a GCD, let people take the damage because I know it won't kill them anyway and then just heal the damage with a guaranteed crit indom that also doesn't cost me any aetherflow. /lol

Starting level 70

Welp hopefully SAG means don’t like glam weapons cuz you’ll have none

Anyone that plays gnb or dnc is already used to it

[Gemina]

Sure makes me feel like the barrier tactician when I make the tactical decision to simply ignore my shields since it's a waste of a GCD, let people take the damage because I know it won't kill them anyway and then just heal the damage with a guaranteed crit indom that also doesn't cost me any aetherflow. /lol

Do harder content.