SE made this game AST only, why?

[Naberrie]

When it was announced that there were only two jobs coming and it the reality started to sink in that they both might be dps, I made a comment along the lines of "I hope whatever changes they make to healers and tanks don't drive people away to the dps role" because that means queues are only going to get worse for dps.

This is what I was talking about.

When someone asked me if I was going to run any dungeons as SAM or RDM this weekend I said, "Nope. But I'm sure going to take advantage of the fact that no one's playing healer right now and queue my AST."

I'll play around with the new jobs a bit, run a few FATEs and test the skills on dummies, but I'm not even going to bother trying to run any content on them. Hell, I might just push AST from 52-60 as fast as I can so I can queue on that for the new content instead of BRD.

EDIT: Just to be clear, I actually love AST. I had leveled WHM to 60, but recently started playing AST seriously and really fell in love with it, and have been thinking of changing mains to it anyway. This just kind of reinforces that decision.

[SecretCrowds]

What SE said: Our vision is to make WHM the pure healer.

What SE did: Nerf Divine Seal. Gives AST higher healing potency than WHM.

Good Job SE!

10/10 Healer Job changes!

[Sylvina]

I'm not sure how summoner will function without sustain. it means the end of titan egi tanking anything even solo. Unless they have a new ability which does the same thing.

[Daemon_Windborne]

The removal of sustain is probably the biggest mystery for me. Especially since there doesn't seem to have been anything added or altered to compensate. Egis will die faster and not and will take no less time to recast. If I've missed something, someone please explain it to me. -_-

[NorthernLadMSP]

The removal of sustain is probably the biggest mystery for me. Especially since there doesn't seem to have been anything added or altered to compensate. Egis will die faster and not and will take no less time to recast. If I've missed something, someone please explain it to me. -_-

There is a new something where you can apparently turn on Companion Display Name and HP bars. I'm hoping this means that other people's summons/turrets will now be a part of the party bar where a healer and heal them as they can any other party member.

[Texa]

The removal of sustain is probably the biggest mystery for me. Especially since there doesn't seem to have been anything added or altered to compensate. Egis will die faster and not and will take no less time to recast. If I've missed something, someone please explain it to me. -_-

The time I'd ever have the egis or fairy die is because
1. I died
2. I very nearly almost died standing in bad
3. They took aggro from a mob that the tank didn't pick up
4. I was running from mobs solo questing
5. I didn't use heel and they got caught in a cleave

So I'm meh on that one

[Hamada]

The time I'd ever have the egis or fairy die is because
1. I died
2. I very nearly almost died standing in bad
3. They took aggro from a mob that the tank didn't pick up
4. I was running from mobs solo questing
5. I didn't use heel and they got caught in a cleave

So I'm meh on that one

I rarely had my fairy die because i was using SUSTAIN! that is why I am mad of the removal

[Vaunhause]

I rarely had my fairy die because i was using SUSTAIN! that is why I am mad of the removal

You actually used sustain? I never had to on my Sch, ever, since Eos would just heal herself or I'd do it myself. Sustain is almost a waste of mana, so I just threw it off my bar

EDIT: Especially did it because it could free up some space on my bar, which was already jam packed, so I feel like it was a good decision

[Texa]

I rarely had my fairy die because i was using SUSTAIN! that is why I am mad of the removal

If you're on scholar why didn't you use physick or an adlo? :V

[Texa]

I understand the nerfs because with cleric stance removed Scholars would be a little broken with how quickly it can gain mp back compared to the other two healers (aetherflow, energy drain, and the new lucid dream) along with the very potent dots, the huge potency of a crit adlo spread basically removing your need to heal at all in many situations, and our mobility via the aetherflow healing abilities. I'll wait until I can play it in new content to fully judge it.