The positive Astrologian thread!

[kiraan]

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Did you just say that Aspected Benefic shields for around 150 less HP than Adlo but SCH is not shielding more than AST ? But the big thing is, thats not even the main problem of AST vs SCH or AST vs WHM.

To get back on track with the topic, i like the concept of the class and i'm waiting to see if SE reinforce the card aspect to take care of the shortcomings that we can experience at the moment.

[TatoRazzino]

Did you just say that Aspected Benefic shields for around 150 less HP than Adlo but SCH is not shielding more than AST ?

I may have phrased that badly. My point is: 150 extra shielding will not save your target from death, it will only delay it. And AST has means to heal big when needed, with Benefic II, which is a skill that SCHs lack. Lustrate is nice, but it has less potency and it's not available all the time, since you need to be smart to not overuse it and drain your Aetherflow stacks. People are stressing over aspects that are easily fixed with playing the job right.

[kiraan]

I may have phrased that badly. My point is: 150 extra shielding will not save your target from death, it will only delay it. And AST has means to heal big when needed, with Benefic II, which is a skill that SCHs lack. Lustrate is nice, but it has less potency and it's not available all the time, since you need to be smart to not overuse it and drain your Aetherflow stacks. People are stressing over aspects that are easily fixed with playing the job right.

Don't forget that SCH has Emergency tactis that can be use either on ST healing or group healing that still get the crit bonus multiplier on a 30sec CD. Plus SCH can recover MP pretty easily even if you were to spam heal.

Its cool that people enjoy AST, i do too, but saying that SE don't need to take a serious look at their abilities and spells is just ridiculous.

[TatoRazzino]

The bonus multiplier from Emergency Tactics is only applied to Adlo. ET with Succor turns it into a Medica/Helios, which WHM/AST have all the time. And again: to get a heal out of Adlo that passes Benefic II, you need to get a crit at that specific moment. And, like I said, RNG is bad, according to people bashing on AST. I'm not saying that SCH is bad. I love it. I have it at 60. It was my main in 2.x, but people are treating it as if you could do everything at the same time without any problems or setbacks or hindering mechanics. That's just not true. I was doing A1 savage tonight as SCH and there were several times in which I was playing AST instead, because I needed some healing tools like Synastry and a more dependable AoE healing spell like Helios.