How could you do this to AST?

[Mavrias]

I still do not see no details exactly how is noct weak when I have put some where in like page 3/4 of prime examples how it is not and it even actually migitates better than sch shields. If so then both noct sect and sch shields are inferior to regens atm. Also while people love dirunal sect like* 70% I guess of players, you still some what hear people complain and say how it such a copy white mage its like overall nothing about ast seem to please people. Either its too much copy of a whm or a weaker sch which ofc this part I will always disagree on the migi thing all the time. ast as is the hybrid healer like how a rdm will be a mix of a white mage/blm their heals are decent but not that strong to a standard whm and their dps too is decent but not too powerful than the standard blm. Hybrid jobs always function like this and I will say both dirunal and noct is balanced I do not see the so claim dirunal stronger than noct thing. Noct can do something dirunal cant do, if something takes 0 damage that would otherwise apply some debuff effect after hit from main attack. For example those sprites who tetter healers in amarout, taking 0 damage will block that healing down ability, while ofc in dirunal you take damage get that debuff and now your in stress healing with the healing down debuff. same for many other things that adds debuff but taking 0 damage may block them from certain bosses.

shields ARE inferior to regens lol and SCH is actually worse than NoctAst in that regard. if an attack will not kill you without the shield, then spending a gcd on shield is pointless. at the very least NoctAst has the benefit of a oGCD shield ability but even then the regen would be more useful 9/10 times.

additionally most attacks that absolutely require shielding are so infrequent that neutral sect will cover them.

shielding is all well and good in early prog, and NoctAst is not inherently bad. Diurnal sect is simply more useful. Which is fine, when given two options and made to choose one or the other, one is going to be superior depending on the situation.