First time healing (AST) - what should I know?

[Neela]

after learning the cards... there is one point which really make the difference on the way to become a good AST: the knowledge and instinct to use the right stance.

It's more than choosing between "Reg or Shield", most of the random ASTs i met just don't care about being flexibel with stances at all... a few days ago had an experience most of the comm would never confirm with... i (ast) was thrown into a really novice-like grp on a12... co healer was a Sch so i switched to Diu stance (unwritten rule cause Noc and Adlo don't stack and negate themselves)... we wiped 3x times until I switched back to Noc - 4/7 player asked me if im serious about that and guess what... we cleared it as Noc/Adlo team without any further wipes. It's not the common way and like I said the Sch was still in training or at least it seemed so. But breaking the "rules" and knowing how to use your stances right might be the last few % to become a good Ast in the end. (Like Schs should know about fairies...but i already gave up on this quite a while ago)

[Feyona]

after learning the cards... there is one point which really make the difference on the way to become a good AST: the knowledge and instinct to use the right stance.

It's more than choosing between "Reg or Shield", most of the random ASTs i met just don't care about being flexibel with stances at all... a few days ago had an experience most of the comm would never confirm with... i (ast) was thrown into a really novice-like grp on a12... co healer was a Sch so i switched to Diu stance (unwritten rule cause Noc and Adlo don't stack and negate themselves)... we wiped 3x times until I switched back to Noc - 4/7 player asked me if im serious about that and guess what... we cleared

Yes I ve had ast ruin my adlo spread a few times and wonder why It can be a bit irritating cos its a waste of my cds. Think theres also a bit of competition going on not sure, but yes can clear stuff with 2 sch or noct ast its not optimal though. Actually sounds more like sch was concentrating more on dps maybe as thats more their job, either that or not using their shields. in either case you may be almost soloing. Ast heals are higher in noct stance