AST Sect Theory

[Apeiron]

This is part of the mentality that I want to address. Yes, WHM/SCH is a great complement to one another, but the AST is neither of these two classes and we need to stop treating it entirely as if it were WHM jr. or SCH jr.

The fact that the AST shields overwrite the SCH, should just mean that AST are careful about when they use Aspected Benefic or Aspected Helios, mainly avoid using it on the MT as the SCH will already be using Adlo on them. But if the AST sees Galvanize go down, he can use Aspected Helios to follow up, and the SCH doesn't have to bother with popping Succor. Instead they can continue dealing with other aspects of the fight.

[Lastelli]

This is part of the mentality that I want to address. Yes, WHM/SCH is a great complement to one another, but the AST is neither of these two classes and we need to stop treating it entirely as if it were WHM jr. or SCH jr.

But this is exactly what AST is. Once you choose a Sect, AST becomes WHM/SCH jr. because it was designed that way. Right now cards are useless so yes, we can only think of AST as the weaker version of the other healers depending on the stance. AST's healing skills are all identical or very, very similar to whm and sch's skills. whm and sch however have a lot of skills that an AST doesn't have. We have a useless and overly complicated and random card system however.