Quote Originally Posted by IllyaPrisma View Post
AST is not in the lead “by a mile”.

AST pushes only slightly ahead of WHM in terms of total DPS contribution. Also, WHM intentionally has very few weaving slots, as it has the least amount of oGCDs. Movement is designed to hurt WHM, and movement is currently the only weakness the job faces. That should remain, otherwise WHM would be even more ridiculous than it already is.

I will agree that SCH should have received priority with damage and pet changes, but the MP issues on AST took precedence to make the job a little more appealing.
I don't agree at all. With that same logic, why has BLM gotten much better at mobility and weaving over the years while WHM has not? Intentional or not, that's a really strict design choice and a frustrating one at that. If their GCD is the focus of their built, then BLM should also be forced to clip as well because it's powerful with few oGCDs right? That logic doesn't make sense with WHM and even SCH (even they have Ruin II but that's still a loss).

Tbh all healers should have gotten the reduced cast time treatment. It would make weaving less annoying than it is and would prevent less greeding as well. SCH and WHM like someone said is hard now because someone has to bite the bullet and take a loss because of their limited weaving window.

Maybe you and some others find it interesting to work around that, but I find it archaic and bad. The entire role faces a myriad of issues and problems and they choose to keep the clipping horror that is healers?

It kind of shows they don't look healers as much as they say they do. The only job they did it for is AST and that's because of the cards. And even after its iteration in HW, they only decided to fix it late SB.

Even if WHM/SCH has a reduced cast time like AST's, it will only beat it marginally or even the field out. AST is still very valuable because of its kit and buffs.