I recently posted in another thread about not being able to complete "A Requiem for Heroes" duty with my AST, one of the reasons being the low dps output. While I've been told that it is possible to complete it on an AST, this solo duty is easier using another class. That surprised and disappointed me. Being fairly new to the game, I was under the (now mistaken, I know) impression that every class had an equal shot to complete it. Reading this thread - and other articles outside these forums - I see that it is not the case.

If I read it correctly, Astrologians have already had one rework since the class was introduced and will get another one with patch 7.0. If SE wants to continue with the concept of "pure" healing classes, there's pretty much nothing that can be done about it. But forgetting that there will be times where higher damage output will be needed (yeah, I'm looking at you, forced solo instances) is a real head-scratcher.

If the powers that be don't want to raise the dps amounts on healers for fear of a balance upset, then maybe giving a companion along the lines of carbuncles to healer classes who don't currently have one? Or slowing down meters where a certain amount of damage must be done within a time limit? Of course, there's still stuff about the AST class I've yet to uncover, so maybe there's some info I'm currently missing.