Astrologian misconceptions

[AzureFlare]

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The fact that people are still stuck in 'The WHM job' and 'The SCH job' is a problem more than anything.

That and the fact the way SCH plays is just disgusting. Arguably highest comfort and highest potential in way too many areas. You don't need to be a great SCH to do content and a great SCH beats a great N.AST hands down (and you don't need a D.AST anyway). And I say disgusting comparing it to either AST or WHM.
I don't even know why Nocturnal Sect exists if they intend to leave SCH like it is: programmers need to make more exceptions, designers need to work around it, PvPers hate seeing an AST run around (unless on their side) and in PvE the amount of things you are outclassed with by a SCH I can't even count on two hands. If anything, N.AST feels like having side-wheels on your bike while learning to ride it and the moment and Diurnal is like taking them off and gaining some speed (literally) in the current scheme of things.

Now compare AST to WHM and they actually have proper weaknesses and strengths, and they will both see daylight in fairly equal ilvls. All SE needs to do is actually design fights so that one isn't consistently favored over the other. I don't even know why people are still debating WHM/SCH > AST/SCH when most are near ilvl 210 and we have no idea how encounters (or balance) in 3.2 will be anyway.

Edit: Though I bashed on N.AST, I do enjoy Nocturnal Sect in every way from a personal point of view and I much rather play AST and go WHM/N.AST than SCH and go WHM/SCH, if my partner can only play WHM. I just don't see Nocturnal Sect's worth from an advantage/disadvantage point of view and it could be so much more if either SCH was changed or Nocturnal Sect/AST as a whole was changed. However, WHM/N.AST is fine and perfectly viable for all content.