Have AST given up ?

[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. .-.

[Hysterior]

I can't do as many DPS as AST, it's bit frustrating
It's a fun job though...

[Veve]

I can't do as many DPS as AST, it's bit frustrating
It's a fun job though...

This ^ 100%

AST is a great class and I like to hop on it from time to time, I just find it's lack of dps to be very off putting for me. I'm a SCH main so it feels unnatural to me not to be dpsing at times where there isn't a lot of healing going on.

[Mclyde]

erm, if you don't like how the weapon looks when it's sheathed, then turn your weapon display off?

Healers have loads of options for glamours so not sure how that can be a problem. :P

You still see the weapon when you're in fight. And i'm aware there are a lot of glamours for healers (as for others job) but it's problematic for astro whith that looooong and haaaaard sheath

[Khyan]

I can't do as many DPS as AST, it's bit frustrating
It's a fun job though...

If your dps is nice and you can buff people, it would be probably overpowered.

[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

[Sida]

You still see the weapon when you're in fight. And i'm aware there are a lot of glamours for healers (as for others job) but it's problematic for astro whith that looooong and haaaaard sheath

The thing with the card holder that annoys me the most is that it retains the cards even when the weapon is wielded. If they could make it change the texture (or however it's implemented) to have empty card pockets when the cards are whirling around the globe, it would make tad more sense.