Quote Originally Posted by Sebazy View Post
I think the AST issue with APM is that it's a lot of buttons and retargeting all dogpiled into each 2 minute burst window. Outside of that burst it's barely any different to SCH or WHM. I think MCH is more akin to DNC still no? The APM still rockets through oGCDs, but it's more of a pattern with no need to constantly change targets? Couple that with how punishing missing a burst window and falling out of sync with the group is and it's honestly a completely different problem IMO.
Yeah. I think AST is the ONLY Job in the game that has to hyper-target-swap. Offhand, I can't think of any other one. MCH, NIN, and DRK all have the "high APM burst, lower APM filler", and MNK, NIN, and MCH under Hypercharge all have a reduced GCD (so much faster ability use compared to other Jobs) that give them higher APM both inside and outside of burst. In a strict sense, they have higher APMs than AST does, but ASTs is paired with target swapping, which isn't counted as an "action" but clearly IS one.