How could you do this to AST?

[Luin]

They said we'd be "pure healers" in Shadowbringers, nothing changed. They're saying the exact same thing this expansion, and meaning something entirely different.

We've been shown nothing about our new skills, Sage's new skills, or what's being cut. This is a kneejerk reaction.

edit - And I see AST drama. Cards only ever increased damage, cards like Bole/Ewer while potentially strong were unreliable and couldn't be planned around. Getting anything that didnt increase damage was bad. Functionally, the cards have not changed.

When comparing healers, use combined Healer DPS metrics. AST+SCH's major strength is their ogcd healing. Just looking at AST's rDPS doesn't show AST's full strength. It has the most rDPS contribution, the most mobility, and the best healing kit. It's overpowered.

While its discouraged to have 2 phys R and 2 casters its not an actively bad choice.

The physical ranged role is literally only viable due to the 1% unique role bonus.