AST's weakness in end game

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SCH AOE DPS is far better. Single Target they are about the same, with the asterisk AST can't keep it up. DPSing on AST runs AST out of mana in pretty short order, whereas SCH can go indefinitely. It presents a major problem in fights there the offhealer spends the first 90sec or so dpsing. You aren't totally OOM after as an AST, but your mana level is very unsafe.

Its not suppose to be able to keep up with the scholar. Scholars being mana neutral during dps mode might be an issue that SE will have to deal with at a later time. No mana source should be infinite for dps purposes and not even for a scholar. My point is being able to off dps during burst phases the astrologian is in a position to be more useful then the scholar should a future fight entail such mechanics. I have an issue with an entire fight being a huge dps check but I feel that burst dps checks is a good use of mechanics that force dpsers to be able to play their job to its best. Enrage mechanics should not be the timer but healers running out of mana should be a more useful form of timer.