My AST experience and what I expect from now on...

[Roxas_Andrade]

Well, I tried playing AST yesterday with the buffs and I have to say: It's AWESOME!

I'm not doing Alex Savage, but I think I can give my opinion on the job as well:

Before the buffs, I was running expert dungeons in DF as the three healer jobs. With both WHM and SCH I could heal ok and DPS ok to help raid, but I never felt comfortable with DPSing as AST. I felt like if I went on cleric stance for a sec I would ruin the entire run because I wouldn't be able to keep the tank alive and everybody would die soon after. As full time healer/buffer I never had MP problems at all and I didn't understand what people was talking about back then...

But now, with synastry and a lot of HoTs happening, I feel like I was free to DPS. But now I have a minor problem: getting OoM. I'm sure I'll be able to manage this little annoyance with the tricks everybody talks about (and I never saw a good reason to use), like extending LA or using a spear right before using LA, after all LA has a quelling effect on enmity, so I have to use it sooner than I would use SoS anyway...

Now I expect some love for SCH. I guess ET could add some MP boost or reduce the MP of your next affected skill(Adlo is too mp consuming, don't you think?). Reduce cast time for Adlo and/or Succor would also be a good option.
But Dissipation is what we need more attention. Maybe if the bonus from dissipation worked on abilities as well, or if it would full your MP (since you should be out of MP AND out of Aether stacks AND with Aetherflow on cooldown to use it) or if it would trigger a proc to summon your fairy for free or anything that make it worth using Dissipation we could see more people using it. The way I see it now, the bonus you get to sacrifice your fairy is not worth the loss of her.

[NorthernLadMSP]

LOL Scholar needs buffs? The most OP job in the game needs buffs just because AST is now a good class?

[ckc22]

LOL Scholar needs buffs? The most OP job in the game needs buffs just because AST is now a good class?

You know that point when your exaggeration is so extreme that you don't even have a point anymore? Yeah.

Anyways they don't care about scholar and it's evident from a laundry list of 3.0 changes.

[NorthernLadMSP]

You know that point when your exaggeration is so extreme that you don't even have a point anymore? Yeah.

Anyways they don't care about scholar and it's evident from a laundry list of 3.0 changes.

Oooh, do you mean like this:

No thank you for astro buff. This class is why I wish I could trade in my eso gear for something else. The design around Astrologian has been absolutely lazy since inception and the buffs have only made it worse.

[DkDerek]

You know that point when your exaggeration is so extreme that you don't even have a point anymore? Yeah.

Anyways they don't care about scholar and it's evident from a laundry list of 3.0 changes.

Why would they care? The class has been busted for a year and a half. They deserve no changes for the next 3 expansions, while the other healing jobs grow around them. At that point they might be balanced.

[Roxas_Andrade]

LOL Scholar needs buffs? The most OP job in the game needs buffs just because AST is now a good class?

Actually I'd like every class was buffed. But then I know the game would be too easy. It needs some challenge.
But really. As I said, I'm not doing endgame raids and all (I do Alex normal with ease, but I don't have a static to do savage and I don't want to search random people in PF).
My opinion is that before the path, I almost never used synastry, since the tank was the only one needing heals and I almost never used CU, since the draw back was too big.
As I run SCH today, I almost never use ET, because I usually use Physick/Adlo. And I never ever used Dissipation in battle. Maybe people have good reasons to use these skills, but I don't see any. I would apreciate any help with them. ^.^

[Lastelli]

Are you really asking for more MP efficiency on a job that finishes alex savage encounters safely sitting at 50% mp left even while dpsing whenever possible? Are you really asking for another OP cd? Have you seen AST lvl60 skill, Celestial Opposition?
Are you telling me Dissipation is worse that that?
Now let me tell you something. Dissipation just temporarily turns the godly SCH into a Noct AST with 20% stronger heals, while giving them a free AF stack for them to use their insanely OP indomitability or wathever.
This is starting to get ridiculous. SCH already is insanely powerful and by far the best healer at: burst healing/emergency healing, mana management and dps. If they use Eos they also have a very good sustained healing.

[ckc22]

Are you really asking for more MP efficiency on a job that finishes alex savage encounters safely sitting at 50% mp left even while dpsing whenever possible? Are you really asking for another OP cd? Have you seen AST lvl60 skill, Celestial Opposition?
Are you telling me Dissipation is worse that that?
Now let me tell you something. Dissipation just temporarily turns the godly SCH into a Noct AST with 20% stronger heals, while giving them a free AF stack for them to use their insanely OP indomitability or wathever.
This is starting to get ridiculous. SCH already is insanely powerful and by far the best healer at: burst healing/emergency healing, mana management and dps. If they use Eos they also have a very good sustained healing.

Dissipation is not a healing CD. It's only usefulness is in adding dps. You shouldn't be using it for AF stacks because if you are you are managing your AF poorly.

[Lastelli]

Dissipation is not a healing CD. It's only usefulness is in adding dps. You shouldn't be using it for AF stacks because if you are you are managing your AF poorly.

Oh my, and how do you know? Devs disagree with you, since according to them this skill was specifically designed to give AF stack if for whatever reason you need it and the 20% healing buff is just secondary. This is the very definition of "emergency". You think you're managing your AF correctly but then hey, unexpected damage, gotta use indomitability! But now I have no AF stack and I really need sacred soil for raidbuster! Or you can use to increase your dps with more energy drains. It does have it's uses, period. SCH asking for buffs or better skills now that AST no longer sucks is like the fat kid asking for another slice of pizza because the poor kid next to him just got some crackers.

Part of it might be the overcompilcated (imo) dps rotation.

Please...just please...no. How is applying a fey dots and spamming broil "overcomplicated"?

[ckc22]

Oh my, and how do you know? Devs disagree with you, since according to them this skill was specifically designed to give AF stack if for whatever reason you need it and the 20% healing buff is just secondary. This is the very definition of "emergency". You think you're managing your AF correctly but then hey, unexpected damage, gotta use indomitability! But now I have no AF stack and I really need sacred soil for raidbuster! Or you can use to increase your dps with more energy drains. It does have it's uses, period. SCH asking for buffs or better skills now that AST no longer sucks is like the fat kid asking for another slice of pizza because the poor kid next to him just got some crackers.

People have been asking for dissipation to be fixed/changed since like.... 3 days after heavensward - it has 0 to do with astrologians, although all of you do seem to think the universe revolves around you. Too much time looking at stars.