How could you do this to AST?

[Deceptus]

I don't know. SCH/WHM combo feels horrible currently. SCH/AST and WHM/AST definitely feel superior.

WHM/WHM? Playable. Regens stacking for days!

AST/AST? Playable. Regens and Shields. Best of both worlds. But now with more with buffs!

SCH/SCH? Playable, but extremely inefficient.

Oh yes, SCH's in a lot of danger of becoming the next Bard vs Dancer, where Dancer has massively overtaken Bard in popularity for the phys ranged spot at all levels of play because it's just functionally smoother, comfier, with better utility.

SCH has some rough downsides with the pet straight up being a hinderance and tied to their oGCD kit and paying a high weave tax despite having a lot of abilities to weave. If Sage gets a strong oGCD kit and better free weave, it already has a huge advantage over SCH and will feel much better to play. SCH's minion really needs looking at, it should be the strength of the class not a handicap to its oGCD's.

Agreed. The worst thing about the SCH is the "Pet Tax" on the fairies healing abilities which IIRC is something like 33% or so. So their heals SAY they're going to do

150 pot (Embrace)
120 pot (Whispering Dawn)
400 pot (Fey Union)
350 pot (Fey Blessing)
200 pot (Seraphic Veil)
300 pot (Consolation)

But in all actuality they do (respectively)

100 potency
80 potency
268 potency
234 potency
134 potency
200 potency

The biggest problem is other than embrace, those skills require a GCD now and your other stuff is a lot stronger. THAT is the biggest issue with the fairies using the GCD. Not to mention the fact that ZERO of those abilities are modified by the fairy ability Fey Illumination (10% increase in healing potency) because they're classified as Abilities and not spells.

When they DIDN"T use the GCD 100% potency was overpowered, but the 33% tax was manageable because you're giving up strength to be able to weave other things.

If they're going to use a GCD, the fairy skills need to be at 100% strength.