Astro underwhelming in endgame?

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I always prefer AST for A1S over WHM because of balance pull, using CO+TD for more DPS and whatever else you can do to put points on the board as possible before the split. (Plus the folks who like to do 0-jump runs will try to use AST to pad their numbers). The 15y 'issue' abolished with raid coordination because there is absolutely no reason to really be out of range for gunnery. AB a strangler if-needed. Plus the toolkit practically trivializes the double prey healing mechanics. I'm not sure about the "more aoe healing" comment. No Assize means I wait to AH again until the second for double gunnery which the previous AH ticks should be getting towards running out. Focus on the tank whom is probably in DPS stance for cleave, until after the follow-up gunnery comes out. Not having Assize after the tank buster it just means waiting to heal the last gunnery and using GCD for Helios before the jump. That is about it in-terms of kit differences, hardly much.

Well, for one: Cure III uses are niche at best with current content. And secondly: Lightspeed hardly matters when you actually need "burst" healing of any kind. Aside from A3S 6 splashes, name an instance where Cure III would be more MP efficient as well as GCD efficient over Medica II/Aspected Helios and has to be used to prevent a death because they weren't healed up enough. Even with the 6 splashes, Cure III saves 1 GCD (and the mp involved in it) at most.

Yep, A3S x6 Splashes is the only place where it's efficient over the other options. Well there are parts in Thordan too if we want to include full end-game where it's perfect for some mechanics. Accounting for today's gear level for that matter, Cure III is a bit overkill for most other things aside from those.