AST and those Duel Disks

Hey folks,

many of you may have heard in those live letters before HW actually started, that they did actual concept-art of duel disks for Astrologians instead of Astro-globes.

http://i.imgur.com/S4jliHK.png

So, what do you think?

Would introducing Duel disks as a second kind of AST weapon (similar to different WHM or BLM weapons) please you? (I assume the major changes on characters would be idle stance, running and sprint, as well as the card use animation)

Or do you say it's just nonsense and those globes are great to be the only choice?

As for my part, I would actually love to see those introduced. (I would even love to use them for mini-games like duel monsters but that's another topic xD)

If they put in duel disks,I will go back to playing Astologian if my subscription doesn't run out!!!!

I liekd the duel disk idea at 1sst but after playing the job myself- the star globe was the best choice- looks more dramatic. The star globe's flare and style is more conducive the ff world.

I like the idea but honestly they seem to be moving away from having different sorts of weapons per class so I would doubt we'll ever see it. We haven't seen any small, one handed scepters or anything like it introduced in HW for WHM or BLM. Its all staffs now with talk I think of letting you glamour the old ones at some point in case people wanted to use primal one handed weapons and a shield for look purposes etc. I still think they probably made the best call with the globe. It feels much more mystical and as said above, more fitting to FFXIV than a dual disk sort of thing.

Honestly, I'd love for the idea and models to be used in Triple Triad rather than for AST.

I don't mind it as an option for AST, but I'd probably not use it personally.

or let them buy the license for duel monsters, since the online part was shut down a year ago^^

But seriously, Triple triad would be nice, but the playing field wouldn't work on the disks, since 3x3 isn't how pretty duel disks look^^

I am still for the AST version and even if I doubt, they'll bring it, one can hope^^ Just like with a gunblade job :D

I really like the astrolabs. Coolest weapons in the game, IMO.

Not against variety but duel discs wouldn't interest me, personally.

I love my inferno star globe (iffy ex crafted), but with the exception of ex primal weapons, all of the AST weapons look incredible identical unless you zoom right in, and this is the issue I have with the current weapon. The look of your weapon majorly impacts the look of your character and the majority of Astrologians looking like near-replicas when standing side by side is s bit frustrating. When you can't tell the difference between an endgame drop and a levelling dungeon drop it really takes the wind out of your sails for the hard work you put in, and you may end up with a server first ast weapon on a tough raid and then see a lowbie walk past looking the same as you with a Qarn drop.

It's not that the weapons are bad/simple designs--weapons like that from The Aery and Vault look really cool, but unless you're zoomed in nothing's recognizable without a fancy glow or something. That being said, the dual disc idea may have had a larger impact and offered more variety to your character appearance, which is a major aspect of the game.

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Originally Posted by Risvertasashi

I really like the astrolabs. Coolest weapons in the game, IMO.

Not against variety but duel discs wouldn't interest me, personally.

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i found this duel disk awful

it just like copy of Yu-Gi-Oh!, it feel like the AST suddenly become a kid

and i love my globe, i love how the card floating around, and i love how the globe spin

just expressing how i feel about the duel disc

I dont know, I kinda of find the awkward..card...thing pointless to have on our waist. I just dont see it. Its very clunky kind of and feels like theres no reason for it to be there. It should be a choice to kind of hide it. Machinist I understand, but as for astrologian we dont seem like we interact with it.

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Originally Posted by AllegroSymphonic

I dont know, I kinda of find the awkward..card...thing pointless to have on our waist. I just dont see it. Its very clunky kind of and feels like theres no reason for it to be there. It should be a choice to kind of hide it. Machinist I understand, but as for astrologian we dont seem like we interact with it.

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You draw cards out of it when you sheathe/unsheathe the star globe... your left hand reaches around your back to grab the globe while your right hand reaches into the deck for the cards

Yes!!! I think the pose looks cooler than the current one, it also reminds me of Rinoa's weapon stance a little, so that's a big plus for me.

I can't wait to see my miqote draw some of his triple triad deck card instead of AST card XP
And looking like : "shit ! I should have check before raid !"

The duel disk change was one of the reasons I never picked the job up. If they brought it back, I would be much more likely to play.