What does everyone think about those AST buffs?

[Mendalas]

I feel like a god right now. With the insane regens we have now, improved mana sustain and cards, I've been seeing 700+ AST DPS for the entirety of my dungeon runs. Synastry and CU are blowing my mind right now.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[RichardButte]

I feel like a god right now.

I feel like an only slightly worse SCH instead of a massively worse SCH, but that might be because I'm also a L60 SCH. :P

Also, one of our regens was buffed while the other two were nerfed (which was understandable, but still).

Except it's more like you came to our birthday party, stole a present, returned it and got an even better one.

I dual main SCH and AST. SCH is still better for:

-Sustained DPS (you can spec to have 6 friggin' DoTs...)
-AoE DPS (you can Bane 3 of those DoTs and two more are AoEs naturally)
-Emergency burst healing
-Damage reducing cooldowns (virus, E4E)

AST is ~90% of what a SCH can do, and the cards will on occasion make up for the missing 10%, while most times they won't. I just ran an ex where my deck was a goddamn limp noodle: Drew me constant spears and spires (while no one as having TP issues). Only put together expanded balance ONCE the entire dungeon...

Seriously, don't gripe. AST was a shadow of what it needed to be. It finally has some decent emergency healing power which is what it was really, REALLY lacking before, and it's mana management is still going to be a problem during emergency situations.

[Gist]

fix'd it, sorry for looking like a fool, but it's still true (all the more reason to switch...!)

[Zaj_Quilos]

You can't exactly spam AST shields as it sucks your MP dry.

[ckc22]

You can't exactly spam AST shields as it sucks your MP dry.

It costs less MP than adlo for more potency 85-90% of the time.

[Zaj_Quilos]

It costs less MP than adlo for more potency 85-90% of the time.

Scholar doesn't have mana management issues.

[ckc22]

Scholar doesn't have mana management issues.

And we don't know if Ast does either anymore since the potency/mp ratios of almost all your abilities were changed less than 3-4 hours ago.

[DawnSolaria]

And we don't know if Ast does either anymore since the potency/mp ratios of almost all your abilities were changed less than 3-4 hours ago.

So the conclusion is that you are quitting based off of unknown. Some dedication to your class.

[Zaj_Quilos]

And we don't know if Ast does either anymore since the potency/mp ratios of almost all your abilities were changed less than 3-4 hours ago.

Have you ever played an AST? If you are spamming Aspected Benefic in Nocturnal Stance your MP will drastically decrease quick.

[Remilia_Nightfall]

Scholar doesn't have mana management issues.

Fun fact.

Indomitability, Lustrate and Sacred Soil are not free. They cost MP as many as you would gain by using that Aetherflow stack for Energy Drain.
We can have tons of mp, yes. By sacrificing our best tools.