Have AST given up ?

[Amiaze]

I still see them, although not quite as frequently as I see WHM or SCH. I'm thinking that the AST group is likely the same group that farmed Alexander Savage and are now burned our or playing something else until the patch releases. Either that or loyal WHMs or SCHs switched back to their original job after getting a taste of what AST had to offer, if they felt it wasn't for them.

[Selli]

I have barely seen any AST in instances for weeks ?

Personally, I don't AST dungeons. AST has no AoE mitigation (like Holy and Shadow Flare) and even their DPS on bosses is pretty... meh. I like to DPS in dungeons so I find it easier to run them on my main (WHM).

However, for trials or Alexander Normal (aside from A2 since it's trash and, again, I like to DPS), I totally run AST. I also run AST and WHM pretty evenly in PvP.

[NamoNanamo]

I ast in dungeon and it was pretty fun. I lvled up 60 yesterday. Gravity isn't as fun as Holy but it cost less mana. I Saw a lot of ast doing fate.
I prefer noc sect but it look like it's less powerfull than Diurnal.

[Sida]

That, or they already leveled their AST to 60 and are now leveling other classes so you don't see them as much in leveling dungeons. Or not many of them in hm trials since majority of folks who run them seem to be light farming and, well, no relic for AST. I just light farmed my SCH relic and about 10% of my co-healers were AST. Neither of those suggest the lack of AST majors, just that the initial influx of people who level it is over since they are max level.

[Viviza]

I think you'll see more AST pop up in the next tier of content.

I assume many started to gear up WHM or SCH with their eso gear and decided to stick with it.

[Atoli]

I still main BLM/AST, am very happy with it and don't see any reason why anyone would abandon AST

I find it a bit confusing though that I rarely see ASTs in leveling dungeons anymore. According to some info graphic, only a really small percentage of players already have their AST at lvl 60, but all I get in roulettes are those useless SCHs .-.

[Khyan]

but all I get in roulettes are those useless SCHs .-.

You're useless. .-.

[Atoli]

You're useless. .-.

They get despell like YEARS too late, and they get offended when you actually ask them to heal past what the fairy does by herself...despite being healers.

I can't do as many DPS as AST, it's bit frustrating

But you can raise the other's dps by a great deal if you play your cards right (haha. oh god I suck at making stupid puns..)
And for bigger groups of monsters, AST AoE does pretty decent dmg (in CS), although of course in general I know it's not comparable to what SCHs can do

[Khyan]

They get despell like YEARS too late, and they get offended when you actually ask them to heal past what the fairy does by herself...despite being healers.

You get an aoe and instant dispell from Selene now (fey caress), and it's a lvl20 skill.

[Atoli]

You get an aoe and instant dispell from Selene now (fey caress), and it's a lvl20 skill.

Yes, and it can't be used more than once per minute. You know how often I get poisoned in Toto-Rak, Brayflox and the like? I get about 15 poison for every despell the SCH can use below lvl 40 (and that's assuming they use Selene at all). That, paired with the utter belief that they are a dps class and healing is solely done by the fairy, has caused me so many wipes already, it's not even funny anymore.

(then again, any healing class has their bad apples. they are just a lot more prominent with the SCHs )