Please don't join endgame content with a job you dont know how to play

[KyahAlmasy]

Which end game content are you referring to.

To be fair, it sounds like the issue was related to 2x AST, which is hard to learn in basic dungeons where there is only 1 healer. Did you bring any of this up with them during the run?

Also, afaik, AST Sect that gives regen is generally considered better than shields - no? In this case, don't the regens stack like Medica II/Regen?

Noct, and Diurnal sects each have their own perks. Noct is good for preventative damage if you're familiar with the fight, and know when incoming damage is going to occur. Basically, Noct is good for keeping your teammates from dying to spike damage.

It's not hard to read your ability descriptions though, where it clearly states that the effect cannot be stacked. All it takes is for the player to simply read through the skills to have a general know-how of how the job operates. But to simply throw on a weapon because it got defaulted into your armory because no one wanted it and then trying it out without any idea of how it works is just going to cause a lot of grief among others who you may join with.

(edit: And to clarify, no. The regen aspected Helios does not stack with another Ast's)