Do AST really need this Buff?

[Yamimarik]

When there is an expansion upgrade to buy and you gain more levels you are supposed to get more powerful. So buffs are in general necessary for all jobs to make people feel like they are getting more powerful since they spent money to purchase the expansion upgrades; just like how upgrading gear does that. An expansion is something you pay for for an upgrade.

So I don't think of it as AST was undeserving of buffs...more like they didn't buff (utility/mechanics) WHM/SCH enough and/or took away too much of their DPS capability(in SCH's case) since SE seems to prefer healers be healers and seem to be trying to remove DPS aspects somewhat by removing a lot of extra DPS spells healers had.

I personally as a main AST don't like the AST changes either. I don't consider the healing potency on Diurnal a "buff" I consider it a nerf since I liked Diurnal AST for it's extra speed.

But I personally want to try SB before I freak out too much over stuff....I almost kind of want to switch to WHM for savage due to ASTs very simplified/nerfed DPS rotation now. I understand since AST offers cards we can't DPS for a lot, but the unfortunate side effect of that is boring gameplay. We lost 2/3 of our DoTs so single target DPS is reduced to Combust II then spam Malefic III and that's it and lost a lot of weaving capability :/

Finally! someone who gets it! This is exactly how I feel for the most part. A lot of the cure potency buffs I completely agree with, were not warranted on AST at all. To me as well taking our speed buff away from Diurnal feels more like a nerf then a buff w/ the potency on it now. I'm hoping both the English and Japanese tool tips are wrong and or changed because it really isn't needed, and at least for me, wanted.

The original line had (joke) behind it. And i removed it. Bcuse this forum has people like you with red eyes. So sorry for joking.
This is the forum full of randoms like me and, you gotta accept that.

being off topic.

Debates are extremely heated at the moment for healer. Even for AST. So no.... I don't have to accept anything, and I'm assuming you're insulting me, if that's the case... that doesn't help either. If enough people tried to really get behind such a joke, sometimes the devs will give it some thought, so no I didn't find it funny, and I never want AST back in the stone-age of 3.0 launch. So I didn't find it amusing, your original post is still very hyperbolic even without the bad joke.

I agree for the most part on what you're saying here. That said, it does seem odd to buff the strongest healer in the game, while simultaneously nerfing both other healers.

I actually didn't say it in my original post you quoted, but I was quoting the OP's original post before they edited and shuffled a lot of the wording around. No, I'm ok with them removing the healing potency on AST and their sects, because it really isn't needed (at least as of now, I could be wrong as all of us are and it is a warranted buff because we really have NO information on endgame for 4.0 as of now and present.) But... I was more referring to the OP wanting Earthly Star already nerfed. That was more what I was referring to.