Thread: 5.0 AST is a failure

Here's how I would change/fix the current AST without reverting it back to what it was.

Divination - Cooldown reset upon getting 3 appropriate seals, or just 2 minutes, 3 minutes seems too long for such a small buff.

Celestial Opposition - Reduce cooldown to 60s. The heals aren't strong enough to warrant a 120s cooldown.

Celestial Intersection - Have it apply both buffs, again it's not very strong and won't cause AST to be OP as a healer.

Horoscope - Cause the heal to trigger when the effect wears off, OR have it apply a regen/shield if not used.

Sleeve Draw - Remove the buff and just make it add three charges to draw (as in no timer to use them)

Originally Posted by Aeidis

Here's how I would change/fix the current AST without reverting it back to what it was.

Sleeve Draw - Remove the buff and just make it add three charges to draw (as in no timer to use them)

I change it, sleeve draw should spread the next card played.

SB AST was fine. It's just WHM wasn't comparable. Not because AST was too good but because WHM was flawed.

Cards had to be valuable because you had to clip your gcd. A lot of the value is lost on your gcd but given to someone else. This was acceptable but clunky. Then they nerfed Balance to 10% but gave Malefic 1.5 cast. Which meant you didn't have to completely clip your gcd anymore. This was great even if it was a nerf.

Now you have more cards to spam without a proper weave. The cards are weaker and the values don't justify the costs of the weaves.

Malefic should be an instant cast if cards are going to be so weak. Yet it still isn't.

Originally Posted by Cylla

I'm WHM main, but AST was my 2nd go to healing job, and after was SCH.
It now changed to WHM > SCH. I've got to 74 so far with AST - I hate it. Honestly make me sad, because I loved AST.

These are my opinions but:
Card system is down right boring - I like many would rather have the old system back.
Our mana management was bad back in SB - to me, it even worse now.
Healing and throwing out DPS? Yeah, nope. Since most tank pull wall to wall, the dps isn't happening. Trying to keep up the tank health or dps standing in bad only allow for little to no dps at all.

I can't speak for most of the new skills since I'm only 74 at the moment, so I'll leave that for when I do get 80, if I ever do, been hard wanting to finish leveling it.

Either way, it'll get to 80 and will most liking sit collecting dust until SE fixes it or.... the next xpack -__-

It gets better with Horoscope and celestial intersection, but honestly... healing potency on the job is just bad currently.

Originally Posted by Cylla

I just got it to level 77 today, Horoscope and Celestial Intersection are good, but they are sooooo weak in my own opinion. Keeping up with a tank that pulls from one wall to the next is rough, we live, but it rough and doesn't allow me to throw any dps.
Which just recently got out of a run where a dps took a shot at me for not dpsing but didn't once take notice that I was non-stop healing to keep the tank alive. We just kicked him but seriously, AST really frustrating at the moment.

I completely agree, the healing kit sucks currently. Frankly I dont know how the devs thought it was ok...... because its glaringly obvious how much more effort it takes to heal on AST compared to both other healers.

I know this is something besides talking about how the healing kit sucks, but does anyone feel like Celestial Intersection has a really half-hearted animation?

I leveled whm, then sch, now ast. ast is so awful it hurts, everything it has, the few things it has, is something the others do better. Its a discount healer with discount skills, it feels bad and I struggle on things I shouldn't. There is no way its not getting buffs, most extreme groups dont even allow them in...