Quote Originally Posted by FoxyAreku View Post
Yes but AST was also nearly unplayable in savage at the time, so that's rather moot. I think you misunderstood my point...

It's a nice tool, but it really doesn't help THAT much. Especially with the mere 20 second duration. Maybe that is better wording?
Nearly unplayable is a gross exaggeration. Most people weren't even popping ASTs cooldowns because they were using WHM/SCH with AST, and wondered why the strats weren't working. There was a thread about it and some people were shocked that you could use Synastry to heal prey mechanics, because most people didn't even bother to study the job properly. Nevertheless, people cleared A1S and A2S week 1; most people gave up AST then, so A3S and A4S AST progression got lost in the middle of the WHM/SCH thing. The nerfed state of AST was only part of the issue, since most of the toolkit got only minor political buffs; people who didn't bother to learn the job were the actual problem.