Balance was balanced

[Enla]

This was necessary. As was necessary the buff to 20% in hw to save ast from the bad reputation it got since 3.0. I feel like the healers now are pretty well balanced.

I'd have to agree. Yes I'm still annoyed that Noct stance has a higher potency and usage than my Succor or Adlo, but with these new potency buffs it doesn't feel like I'm left out in the cold if I end up with an AST who absolutely refuses to change stances. All in all I think the healers are much closer to being balanced than they ever have been. Is there room for more balancing across ALL the healers? Always, yet for right now I think everything is pretty well in hand. Besides that new Spear potency buff will be amazing if it stacks with my Chain Strategem.

[LazyTitan87]

I'd have to agree. Yes I'm still annoyed that Noct stance has a higher potency and usage than my Succor or Adlo, but with these new potency buffs it doesn't feel like I'm left out in the cold if I end up with an AST who absolutely refuses to change stances.

Do people seriously do this? I've forgotten to change once with a SCH in the group, because my last 3 delta's had WHMs, but I started asking my group in discord to wipe it up because I forgot (that and we had a lot of deaths due to people not following mechanics). I actually prefer diurnal over Nocturnal. While I can work with the shields, they can be mana intense in encounters with a lot of aoe damage or high tank damage (AB costs as much as a Helios).

[Lildragora]

Do people seriously do this? I've forgotten to change once with a SCH in the group, because my last 3 delta's had WHMs, but I started asking my group in discord to wipe it up because I forgot (that and we had a lot of deaths due to people not following mechanics). I actually prefer diurnal over Nocturnal. While I can work with the shields, they can be mana intense in encounters with a lot of aoe damage or high tank damage (AB costs as much as a Helios).

Yes they do.

[amihavingfunyet]

To be fair, for those of us who played on controller, it wasn't easy to just right-click the status effects of Spreads, RRs, and Draws off, so we had to use macros. The three skills isn't anything different from what we used before. That being said, I do like the gauge because it makes my Arcana more visible, something I can appreciate.

There is a little difference, you could click off buffs/use the macros while you were casting, with the new abilities this isn't possible.

[simiii]

they just got nerfed though.

No they didn't? It's potency was half ed but duration was dubble.

[Cupcakesu]

No they didn't? It's potency was half ed but duration was dubble.

I don't know what you're reading but duration wasn't touched. Balance pre-nerf: 20% buff (10% AoE) for a 30s duration. Balance post-nerf: 10% buff (5% AoE) for a 30s duration.

[simiii]

My bad I think i included pvp changes

[Yhisa]

Woo now we have another great card added

Balance was changed so ast would stop fishing for balance card and ignoring all other cards because it was way stronger then the other cards

Now all we need is se to combine spire and ewer into 1 card then i be super happy

If they change that as well then every card will be useful

[SaitoHikari]

Now the one big obstacle to achieving actual balance among the healers (along with avoiding the design implications it meant for future-proofing new content) has been eliminated. And they managed to make Spear worth using on top of that. A win for good design.

Now they just need to keep a close eye on what the buffs actually mean for the other two healers, and all will be good.

[Yhisa]

Also they can actually make ast even better with their card mechanics tbh

Turn spread into a skill that turns the card ur holding into an aoe version of that card

Turn royal road into a skill that turns ur card ur holding into an enhance version of that card

For example

You pull a bole u can either throw and enhance bole on the tank or throw an aoe bole to the raid

I just want to stop ast burning cards for royal road effects and instead play the card to the current situation

With this change ast would be in a perfect position with their card mechanics <3