The positive Astrologian thread!

[Vihalo]

All the first week savage clears with Astrologians are there to prove the job is fine if played well.

It just proves that if you have an Astrologian in the party the first two bosses can be healed, it doesn't prove that AST is on paar with WHM and SCH in progress raiding.
It doesn't prove that the (weak and RNG) buffs of AST justify the lack of healing cooldowns.

When you progress a boss you don't need RNG buffs with a little mana buff or a little bit more tp, or 1,X% more raiddamage on a RNG basis that the cards provide. You need consistency. You need reliable heal cooldowns, because you do trial and error with a boss because things will always go wrong on your first boss try's. You need enough healing power to try as long as possible to practice after a boss pull before the wipe. You need an off healer that can provide dps safely, because you know you have the heal cooldowns, when something goes wrong, to safe the damage dealer fastly after he stood in the fire. AST simply does not provide this kind of healing cd's.

How many AST's where brought on the world first kills on Alexander Savage 1,2,3? I saw none. Everything was WHM and SCH. AST just isn't played on a high player level, and it's that way for a reason.
In a Boss try where everything goes right, AST might be decent. But other than that.. WHM and SCH are just the better option for progress raiding. At the moment AST is just a gimmick healer.