My AST is so weak, why?

[technole]

I figured out the problem, i had Benefic I in my hotbar rather then Benefic II, but also that DRK tank was horrible. Just got done with a dungeon healing a WAR and it did fine with my AST

I still kind of like SCH better for the group buffs. And yes i need a new planisphere, problem is that most of whats on market board is trash.

It's not "rather", you need both Benefic I and II, plus you shouldn't even need to be spamming Benefic II regularly. It likely means you are having a harder time because of your weapon. AST guild vendor sells an i115, even though its NQ it'll work for leveling until you get a better drop.

[bounddreamer]

It's not "rather", you need both Benefic I and II, plus you shouldn't even need to be spamming Benefic II regularly. It likely means you are having a harder time because of your weapon. AST guild vendor sells an i115, even though its NQ it'll work for leveling until you get a better drop.

This. Benefic I is your go-to heal. Benefic II is your "wow he got hit really hard" heal. You should only need to use it infrequently.

WAR has higher self healing capabilities than DRK. So you actually may have been making the WAR run for their money if you were still using the outdated weapon.

[PogueX]

you know what though, even though i only use benefic II and not benefic I, i never had MP problems or problems pulling away agro from tank

[Anova]

you know what though, even though i only use benefic II and not benefic I, i never had MP problems or problems pulling away agro from tank

That kind of makes me realize how awesome those tanks were...

Anyway, do what works for you. Just keep in mind that using benefic I and benefic II will be useful to increase your burst healing and burst dps.

Also, please at least upgrade your weapon to an i100 or i110 at Rowena's or even i70 at your GC. There is a huge spike in hp and damage after level 50 for all monsters, so the actual difference in healing power and damage is pretty huge between level 42 and 52. I promise you'll at least level faster.

[Viviza]

This. Benefic I is your go-to heal. Benefic II is your "wow he got hit really hard" heal. You should only need to use it infrequently.

WAR has higher self healing capabilities than DRK. So you actually may have been making the WAR run for their money if you were still using the outdated weapon.

To offer a counterpoint, I use Benefic II more than Benefic I in dungeons, because it affords me something more precious than MP, which is time. I can wait longer to heal, and heal tanks up faster, by using Benefic II liberally. Then otherwise I can sit in cleric stance and blast things.

[Tyla_Esmeraude]

To offer a counterpoint, I use Benefic II more than Benefic I in dungeons, because it affords me something more precious than MP, which is time. I can wait longer to heal, and heal tanks up faster, by using Benefic II liberally. Then otherwise I can sit in cleric stance and blast things.

While I respect your playstyle and the fact that it works for you in dungeons, using Benefic II more than Benefic I is MP innefficient imo and in content harder than dungeons it'll be more apparent. At least in raids, you need to save MP as much as possible throughout the whole fight and Benefic II is only used for big hits that need instant healing and you need to save your ED for something soon after or if it's down. If you are waiting longer to heal, in such case ED should be up quickly enough. Perhaps in dungeons it's not that big of a deal but it can become a habit that won't work the same in higher content. OP will probably run into MP issues whenever/if they decide to do harder content than dungeons if they keep this habit. =P