Please do not nerf Astrologian instead buff WHM/SCH

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As someone who mained Astrologian since HW launch to the start of SB: I do not believe AST is OP, but the other two healer jobs do need at least a slight buff to be on par with Astrologian, particularly Scholar. White Mage not as much.

While Aspected Benefic costs more MP, you're not supposed to use it so often that you burn yourself out of MP. The shields from Noct Sect are the amount of HP recovered plus a percentage of that number tacked on (overall better than non crit Adloquiums in terms of shields, plus Noct shields are instant cast unlike adlo). As I've been leveling AST recently, I found using the shields to supplement my healing rather than spamming it was far more effective in both amount healed and MP management.

Cards are random, but as there are only six cards (not counting lord/lady since my AST is only 63 atm and haven't studied the mechanics of the two), the chances of getting cards you want (i.e. Balance) are 1/6, which really are not bad odds all things considered. Redrawing gives another 1/5 chance to get what you want, so there's nothing really to complain about how balanced the chances are of getting what you want. And on the topic of Balance, AST is the only job with the utility to give a party wide 10% damage boost, which can also be extended by several seconds via Celestial Opposition is insane. On top of that the other abilities AST has at it's disposal are arguably more effective than the other two healers (for example, if you are healing in Dirunal stance you can pop synergy, largesse(? divine seal), lightspeed for near instant casts and MP cost reduction, aspected helios, collective unconscious, aspected benefic (all regens on tank), and time dialation on the tank. Celestial opposition also adds more time to all of those. And if you pop lucid dreaming or have a ewer to recover some MP, CO extends the length of both and all buffs you applied to other party members.

Furthermore, as for diurnal sect; while the regen it provides is not as potent as regen itself from WHM, it provides an instant cure which regen does not. Aspected Helios isn't quite as good as Medica 2 in terms of potency, but as I recall the total potency for diurnal aspected benefic was higher than regen (could be wrong as I don't have the data in front of me, just going off of memory).

While I believe Astrologian is not overpowered and as the original post suggests: should not be nerfed. I also believe that it is in a better much position than both other healing jobs in terms of utility. AST's shields are objectively better than SCH's since it doesn't require a lucky crit to give bigger shields than amount healed on top of being instant cast. And while White Mage has better overall healing ability and MP management, AST's utility far exceeds that of both other jobs (granted some depends on luck).

TL;DR

AST is objectively in a better position and WHM/SCH need buffs in some areas to bring them on par with AST.