Astrologian Speculations! How will it fit in?

[Raminax]

Sounds like Astrologians will have quite the burst healing capability with instant Benefic II when procced and Dignity. Tank busters begone! Gods know who to trust regarding the crossclass possibilities though; while one can live without Swiftcast, it's quite a blow to one's versatility without it.

Also, boo at Squeenix. What will be the point of Stone II if Stone III will simply be stronger? Stone I at least has niche utility with applying Heavy. Stone II is nothing but pure damage. I know that we don't have the whole story, but still. :/

[tjw]

Also, boo at Squeenix. What will be the point of Stone II if Stone III will simply be stronger? Stone I at least has niche utility with applying Heavy. Stone II is nothing but pure damage. I know that we don't have the whole story, but still. :/

Perhaps Stone III has longer cast time? From the job actions video, even under Presence of Mind, it still had a cast time of roughly 2.5 seconds. PoM -roughly- takes of f0.5 seconds, so lets assume Stone III is a 3.0 base second cast time. Lets give it a higher potency; 200. At 200 potency, it'll have less potency a second than Stone II (68 vs 66.666...which is not a huge difference. But still a difference!). I'm suspecting that Stone III will have an additional effect attached; maybe something like lowered resistance to earth and wind damage?