Quote Originally Posted by TatoRazzino View Post
After reading your reply, I realized I was taking into consideration how much damage I was doing inside a raid/primal battle, and since my group has a BRD I have Foe Requiem (sometimes with Battle Voice). I do about the same damage as you in a dummy/regular monster. Since this information didn’t bias the calculation (I used the same damage : potency ratio for both WHM/AST) and using a round number is easier, I’ll just add the Foe Requiem information. Thanks for bringing it to my attention though
And here I thought I was missing a secret to making my stars hit more. Well, got baited into that one, but at least I don't feel like a dumb now. Hope I didn't sound cynical, was legitimately curious whether I was missing out.

You are right though. A lot of the issues of WHM vs AST are not number issues, unlike what some keep shouting. Plus it was a funny eye-opener once I saw how powerful Spear and Ewer are looking at the mana debate. The real, social issue is getting people to stop thinking WHM is the de facto healer while AST is some clumsy healer that plays with cards and just a bad copy. A good AST can and will perform better than an average WHM.