Quote Originally Posted by Rahaya View Post
The problem is that people expect AST to bring something *over* the other jobs, which by definition means AST has to be stronger to 'justify' ditching a job. That's not the point. The point is being able to choose a healer for your class comp, and still progress.

And the one you quoted already gave examples.
If the AST doesn't have a clear strength, there's no need to bring it. WHM + SCH work so well together because they compliment each other. If the WHM can handle the bulk of the healing for the time being, the SCH can lay waste in his personal DPS along with his pet curing and provide party-wide utility. AST can't really lay waste in terms of personal DPS because i'll oom myself. Take Lucrezia's A2 savage video. What is their SCH doing? Decimating the adds with Dots>Bane + Shadow Flare and Miasma II. You can't put out consistent AoE damage on AST because it is too heavy on your M. Pool.

I also apologize, I didn't notice the edited post.