Complete kits for everyone. AST is suffering from an identity crisis because of this, Noct especially.
But how?
1) Limiting access to shields by making them cooldown-only (like tanks)
2) Or giving everyone access to GCD shields (people keep clamouring for Stoneskin/Protect so you’ll love this).
‘But wouldn’t stackable GCD shields be OP?’
Then make it so only the largest shield applies per hit, so you can’t shield stack.
‘But what about healer identities?’
SCH has the pet/oGCD identity, and hasn’t been about shields since Heavensward launched.
WHM has GCD healing as well as powerful skills as it’s healing identity. Basically unchanged if it just gets a shield spell which is powerful.
AST doesn’t have a solid healing identity in itself yet, but with the whole ‘foresight/predicting’ guff it could be a delayed healer (like Earthly Star) or a focus on mitigating incoming damage.
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But how?
1) Limiting access to shields by making them cooldown-only (like tanks)
2) Or giving everyone access to GCD shields (people keep clamouring for Stoneskin/Protect so you’ll love this).
‘But wouldn’t stackable GCD shields be OP?’
Then make it so only the largest shield applies per hit, so you can’t shield stack.
‘But what about healer identities?’
SCH has the pet/oGCD identity, and hasn’t been about shields since Heavensward launched.
WHM has GCD healing as well as powerful skills as it’s healing identity. Basically unchanged if it just gets a shield spell which is powerful.
AST doesn’t have a solid healing identity in itself yet, but with the whole ‘foresight/predicting’ guff it could be a delayed healer (like Earthly Star) or a focus on mitigating incoming damage.
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