Quote Originally Posted by lisaa View Post
Why is it always WHM this, WHM that, even in a thread about AST it's just WHM WHM WHM! Mana issues? So what, it just means you need less spellspeed and more piety. Saying AST has more ogcd heals but in reality lilies are the same as ogcd heals that also return 400mp. The damage you lose is even less than Scholar's aetherflow! Why does it matter to lose 85 damage when you do 60 more with every single glare!
-Because AST doesn't need Spellspeed or Piety, and just as a reminder Piety hasn't been changed and is effectively 0 stat in terms of damage. Taking 1000 piety is like raiding with a permanent -1000 crit or det debuff in all content.

-400 mp refund is 4% mana. Meanwhile AST gets twice that just for throwing cards.

-You get 60 more from every Glare to compensate for the fact that AST is throwing out huge raid buffs. SCH's Aetherflow cost sucks too when Sage is paying 0 tax, they'll be leaning very heavily on Chain Stratagem. Why wouldn't it matter that you're bleeding damage for every lily heal, when your direct competitor for the pure-heal slot is throwing out better heals as free oGCD's?

-Thin Air is awful design now. Using it with Raise requires either a clip or 1 GCD delay. It also requires an expensive spell to get value and loses value when the fight is going well, while the other healers are getting a flat mana return. It's straight up clunky.