First of all the whole post about this 2 classes is MY personal opinion and how to play confortable
I read many posts here reddit what ever how bad whm is and how astro is op, but is he rly is ?
I play as main as whm since middle second expansion and im lvl 62 astro i must say playing as astro suck FOR ME, at least:
-astro -
ok, card buffs seems nice, barriers too, but tell me felllow astros how you keep mana up when there is no supports like bard in team ? I always have problem with mana with this class this is not fun to me also this class seems so SLOW and aoe heal burst is so weak
- whm -
I never ever run of mana with this class, i can spam stone whole day, i can spam heals whole day, i can spam regen and aoe heals whole day, this is mana spender machine i can die get raise who cares even then i can heal also ogc heals make me feel so fast and this heal burst is so freaking godly !! ( aoe and single target )
Scenerio 1; you died no matter how pro you are sometimes you die, to lag, brain lag, have bad day, sometimes you fail to well know mechanic, when is happen well is happen xD
after raise
Astro - lucid dreaming on cd ? Have fun watching when your team die
Whm - np thin air ? Check assize ? Check ogc heals no mana needed check cure 2 proc after cure 1 proc ? Check
Scenerio 2 : your coohealer died
-astro - you dont even have mana to raise, you need help of classes like summoner or red mage also keeping your team on trails as solo healer is harder as astro at least for me
- whm - i can solo heal any non savage content with this burst
Scenerio 3 : dungeons
-astro buffs seems weaker then whm dmg here also no aoe damage cause gravity eat too much mana
-whm thin air + holy spam + assize + aero 3 do i need say more ? xD
FOR ME whm is much better than astro
And question to fellow forum peeps, do i find good in scholar role ? Barriers seems nice and mana regen is better i have 0 problem with pet or summoner type classes
Even im astro on 62 i dont see any mana regeneration skills to 64-70 later on