AST Sect Theory

[Cynfael]

Personally I have nothing against this discussion and would be pleasantly surprised to know that I've missed something.

It's fine that you continue to dig, Apeiron, but at this point I still believe that digging at Noct will continue to turn up little else of value. The most likely conclusion at this point is that there is no amazing technique to uncover, but that SE erred by making Noct far too situational and much weaker in comparison to the pre-existing barrier healer than Diurnal is in comparison to the pre-existing regen healer.

I don't deny that Noct can pull some useful tricks with tools like Aspected Benefic, but much like the entire card system and the majority of AST CDs when compared to the toolkits of other healers, the occasional feeling of pulling off an awesome maneuver is tempered by the realization that the overall contribution lags behind what even Diurnal ASTs can provide in most situations, never mind what SCH and WHM can do.

And don't mind if people get up in arms around here. It's understandable that our already-contentious community of healers get hot and bothered when talking about sects.