AST question

[Ahrijlaken]

Im new to AST, i wonder what was the best stats for us and about cards if i understand well we held balance>arrow>spear and we royal ewer and spire for 8-man content to get AOE on the held card to give 8 man damage boost and we royal the spear to get extended for 4-man to boost 1 DPS. So balance and arrow are the most important card and other cards serve for royal ( expand or extend ) Right ? About bole it can be royal for enchanted but 2x duration should be better than 150% boost so i guess that royal bole for enchanted is useless so if i draw bole card it's better to use it on the tank right ?



Oh and does Square Enix has implement an easy setting to enable mouseover spell cast or we still have to make <mo> macro for all our healing spell ? Losing tooltip description of the spell when im learning new class isn't cool

[Erenwynn]

To be honest, people will tell you to use offensive cards exclusively. To make sure they’re royal roasted. But if a situation feels the need to play defensively, you can! Play however you feel comfortable!! Just do your best and go with your gut!

[HyoMinPark]

It would depend on when you’re using the card if Enhanced or Extended would be better. In high-end settings, if you are going to opt for single-target cards, an Enhanced Balance would be better if the DPS is currently bursting, as you’re stacking +15% damage on top of any existing buffs they may have (Raging Strikes, B4B, Internal Release, etc.). Extending it with COpp and Time Dilation will give it almost the same duration as a regular Extended (55s versus 60s), giving a DPS +15% for almost a full minute. However, in 8-man raid settings, you want to Expand as many cards as possible, with prioritizing Balance, then Arrow, and finally Spear (because +5% crit is fairly lackluster).

I wouldn’t dismiss Spear as Royal Road/Minor Arcana in all comps, though. With its change to +10% critical hit unenhanced (+15% Enhanced), giving it to a good BRD or a good MNK is not a huge loss, as their damage mechanics revolve around crit procs. As a BRD main, I love getting Spears during a Minuet+Raging Strikes window because I can get more procs and burst for more.

Boles I tend to use to Enhance a card, or for Minor Arcana (level 66+). Unless the tank needs it, or if the party is really bad (then I Expand the Bole because bleh—I’ve done that more than once in Suzaku Extreme when the party is constantly messing up Simon Says).



In terms of substats, it’s mostly preference based. Some advocate for melding Piety to give you more MP, as AST can run into MP problems faster than the other healers, but I personally don’t meld it. I go for Crit > Det > D.Hit (if I can’t meld Det). I don’t meld Spell Speed or Piety. Obviously, if you would like more MP, then you can go Crit/Piety, but if the additional MP is not needed, opt for Crit/Det instead.

[Yuyuka3]

Oh and does Square Enix has implement an easy setting to enable mouseover spell cast or we still have to make <mo> macro for all our healing spell ? Losing tooltip description of the spell when im learning new class isn't cool

Even if they did, I personally wouldn't use any healing macros because they don't queue and can slow you down. They aren't necessary anyway. I got exactly one, and I curse it every single time I press it and run into that Twelve forsaken queuing issue.