Bring Back Sects

[Sunhwapark]

I'm not dealing with that garbage again, join a party as a different healer and the AST inside is always like "sry, I only play diurnal, can u swap?" or "nocturnal only, can u swap off sch and play whm?". SE gave AST 2 stances and people would outright refuse to use one of them and just pose as a prettier SCH/WHM, when they had far more flexibility than a WHM or SCH. While I don't oppose its return, I dread the thought that there would be a return of AST posers who are just people that didn't want to play WHM/SCH due to aesthetics.

Shoutout to the ones who actually used both sects though, you were so lovely to play with.

[ArtaVallian]

If they refuse to switch to a different sect, then don't give them a commend. I would say kick them, too, but idk if SE would approve. But any content you'd find a random party for won't break you if you have double "pure" or double "shield" healers, so it won't matter. If it's on PF for ex or savage, well the party will simply remove them like they do anyone else who isn't performing. Just because there are some bad apples does not mean you deny the whole group of their fun.

[Azurarok]

While I don't oppose its return, I dread the thought that there would be a return of AST posers who are just people that didn't want to play WHM/SCH due to aesthetics.

I'd imagine there's some overlap between these people and those who didn't want to deal with the card system too

[ArtaVallian]

I'll be honest, the last thing astrologian needs is more options. It already has the best healing kit by far. If you want sects back, thats fine but something has got to give. The job literally has a tool for every situation and Neutral Sect with sun sign is already among the strongest tools in the game as it is. Not to mention macro cosmos, one of the downsides about shield healers is that their burst HPS isn't as good as pure healers but that isn't true for noct ast because of neutral sect. noct ast could solo heal any content with barely any difficulty cause you shield anything that needed to be shielded with collective then heal up an damage with Macro, Earthly star and any other ogcds they might have.

I'm not saying they can't have it back but if they do get it, something in their kit has got to give. White Mage only has 2 benefits over Ast, it's easier to play and faster to unlock. lets not kill the job even more than already is especially since ast got the light speed mega buff.

I'll be honest, all jobs need more options, because they're bland right now. AST and pretty much every other job. There is almost no way to distinguish them from one another. Sects was the way AST stood out, just like SCH's fairy choices and WHM's raw healing power and regen. SE needs to give back several elements they removed from jobs between ShB and now, because they haven't replaced those with anything decent.