Balance was balanced

[Ahki]

I really don't mean to rain on your parade, seeing as how balancing balance was necessary, but how exactly has balance been achieved within the healing community? This was just another AST buff.

[SaitoHikari]

I really don't mean to rain on your parade, seeing as how balancing balance was necessary, but how exactly has balance been achieved within the healing community? This was just another AST buff.

The balance still isn't quite there, but nerfing Balance was one big step towards it. As it was, it is literally impossible to buff the other two healers to a level that could actually compete with the 20% Balance without introducing a massive wave of power creep that would wash over every aspect of the game.

Sure, Astrologians gained Spear, but a party crit buff isn't a unique concept, several other jobs have access to that sort of thing too. It's a good quality of life change for Astrologians, seeing as the old card was completely useless aside from being Royal Road fodder though. 20% Balance however was something that no other job can replicate (and if they could, nowhere near as reliably as AST could even with all the RNG factored in), and it's a hugely important distinction to make when talking about game design. Even 10% Balance is still very powerful in the grand scheme of things, but it's no longer this insurmountable hurdle for the devs to consider when designing future instances.