Which healing job are they gonna gut for Sage?

[Liam_Harper]

To be fair, I never liked Noct. If I was ever paired with a WHM I'd ask if I could swap to Scholar.

I'd just go Diurnal.

It surprises me how many AST's firmly believe they must go Noct when they're paired with a WHM. When I play WHM and get an AST co-heal I'd say maybe 1 in 8 goes Diurnal. Outside of Savage prog at minimum ilv, Noct just isn't necessary. Diurnal has far more heal power and your regens all stack with WHM.

I dislike Noct too. The main thing that bothers me, similar to SCH, is how you aren't actually a pure shield healer, your aoe shields are a sort of weak heal + weak shield combination. If you don't need the shield, this is straight up less potency than regens. If you do need the shield, you're often wasting the heal component to prep it in advance, so a GCD for a pathetic 250 potency worth. This is why I go straight back to Diurnal as soon as gear allows me to. With 10% mitigation available every minute and shields every 2 minutes you can cover a lot of danger mechanics anyway.