Learning how to properly play AST

[Sleigh]

I don't even stop for Aspected Helios if I have Lightspeed up. Works every time.

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

I don't even stop for Aspected Helios if I have Lightspeed up. Works every time.

I second that

[h0tNstilettos]

I don't really have any tips that haven't been said already. Just try to keep Aspected Helios up on the party at all times during bosses. I always throw a single target Bole on the tank. Bole + HoTs + Time Dilation on tank allows a lot of breather room. Spreading Balance to all party members is great too. Keep Lightspeed in mind as an emergency "Oh crap button" when party is taking major damage putting their HP at dangerous levels.

All 3 healing jobs are equal. They each have strengths and weaknesses. There was a time when this wasn't true until they recently made adjustments to AST.

[Nekotee]

I do agree and disagree on one point XD
I'm more than with you about the DPS, AST do not have tool for that when SCH is king

But no, AST have great healing tool and do as much if not more than SCH and WHM at equal power

I do the same as you both AST and SCH for the savage, and AST is a master for A1S when SCH is perfect for the next one

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But I follow you about damage... The only way for an AST to do a medium DPS is to burn his mana... When SCH just yawn and it's done...

[FoxyAreku]

I do agree and disagree on one point XD
I'm more than with you about the DPS, AST do not have tool for that when SCH is king

But no, AST have great healing tool and do as much if not more than SCH and WHM at equal power

I do the same as you both AST and SCH for the savage, and AST is a master for A1S when SCH is perfect for the next one

...

But I follow you about damage... The only way for an AST to do a medium DPS is to burn his mana... When SCH just yawn and it's done...

Lustrate, emergency tact, and indom is all a scholar needs to outdo an ast in throughput.

White mage, it's not even a competition.

But yeah, thanks for listening to my rant.

[416to305]

I do agree that people should stack around me more! Drives me crazy when I pop collective unconscious because big damage is coming or happening, and then people stand JUST outside of it. I just want to be like MOVE 2 feet and it's a 15 second regen (or longer if you stay in it while it's up). Or when you do expanded balance and based on where everyone is you end up applying it to 2 or 3 people, one being the other healer lol. Side question though, expanded royal road what is the radius? Is it from the target or from me that it expands? I think target right? Seems random when I try to watch it. In Void Ark people are always so spread out.

[Nekotee]

Your card spread is done around the person you have on target
Or around you if you're targeting a monster or nothing

I saw that a lot during on Alexander 1 NM
People running on a side and not going under your bubble...
I even had a ninja who argue that it will be bad and that he prefer running in the mini puddle rather than my bubble...
I was so confused... That I forgot to heal him *evil grin*

[416to305]

Your card spread is done around the person you have on target
Or around you if you're targeting a monster or nothing

Do you know if it's 15y? Or is it one of those crazy 6y? I feel like it's almost 6 since I can do Asp. Helios and usually hit all but maybe the tank if he's just out of range. But seems like royal road expanded is more narrow.

[Rongway]

Your card spread is done around the person you have on target
Or around you if you're targeting a monster or nothing

Do you know if it's 15y? Or is it one of those crazy 6y? I feel like it's almost 6 since I can do Asp. Helios and usually hit all but maybe the tank if he's just out of range. But seems like royal road expanded is more narrow.

It's 15y radius from target. If you forget, you can Draw->Spire/Ewer->Royal Road->Draw->AnyCard and look at the tooltip for Draw(as a drawn card).

[Vlady]

Lustrate, emergency tact, and indom is all a scholar needs to outdo an ast in throughput.

White mage, it's not even a competition.

But yeah, thanks for listening to my rant.

So many things wrong with this statement.