Please do not nerf Astrologian instead buff WHM/SCH

[BroodingFicus]

The issue is, AST identity was flawed from the get go. As said, the general idea seemed to be that they would be lower potency in healing but make up for it by providing their party with buffs etc that would translate to them balancing out with the two existing healers. However that didn't pan out. The RNG on the cards paired with the fact that they started life as bootleg versions of either a SCH or WHM, depending on sect, left them lacking and didn't do much to cement a place for AST between the original two. Why bring the off brand when you can have the original? That seemed to be the mindset of most even if a lot of the fears were, I think, misplaced.

Then Square started the buffs. Now they needed a little help back then, but not near so much as they've been given. Stormblood and the lack luster changes and additions to the other two healers just highlighted the issue. At this point the 'I can do both' healer is edging in too much onto SCH and WHM territory while getting to keep exclusive rights to its own unique identity. Frankly, the first new healer should never have been a half breed of the originals because this was always going to be a problem at some point and I'm not sure how to fix it so that everyone feels fairly treated. Yeah, you could buff WHM and SCH and I'd say they both currently need work regardless of where AST falls, but what can you give them that will make them equal to an AST without outshining them or homogenizing the classes? I'm not inclined to encourage nerfs but at this point it seems the best course of action. Rework some things that were foolishly handled on the other two healers (looking at you confession stacks and short fairy leashes) and dial back AST a few notches. If all was right in the world, they would have been reworked for the expansion to separate them from the other two healers but that ship has sailed.