At this point maybe just remove astro and sage and keep whm/sch in game then since this endless drama of regen/shield is endless or just give all 4 healers strong hots/migi/shields with their only difference being their weapons and combat style animations. This is the first mmo I ever played with such drama about healer class. Ast had this exact same problem of the wanna be whm/sch and now that noct stance is gone, this bully the new person in school is passed on to sage. Only change I can think will work on both ast and sage to maybe drop this pure/shield thing is make them more of heavy dot type healers that does big burst heals, no hots/migi/shields. Please remember as much as I still love ast and stuff there is not much different of ast of whm either.