Astrologian Mechanics Tested

[SunDriedRainbow]

EDITED TO ADD: I gathered all this data while writing a guide for Astrologian: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

Disable will not be consumed if a telegraph does not hit anyone. Disable WILL be consumed if the telegraph hits someone, even if Disable was cast during the cast bar.

Synastry transfers the effects of Benefic, Benefic II, and the initial hit of Aspected Benefic. It does NOT transfer the effects of Helios, Aspected Helios, Essential Dignity, or any heal over time effects. I did not test cross class Cure or Physick.

Essential Dignity can be cast out of party. Cards cannot.

Ewer does not affect Flare. Spire does not affect Sprint. Spear does not affect Sprint.

At level 55, Luminiferous Aether restores about 2000 mana. At level 53, it restores about 1500.

Aspected Helios, Gravity, and Stoneskin can all be cast while running with Lightspeed active.

Ewer and Spire visibly change the Mana and TP costs of your spells and weaponskills.

Spear visibly changes the cooldown time on your abilities. Arrow does NOT affect your skill speed or spell speed, but it DOES affect your visible cast and recast times on spells and weaponskills. Arrow does NOT affect damage over time effects.

Balance does NOT affect your Attack Magic Potency, your Attack Power, or your Healing Magic Potency. Bole does NOT affect your Defense or Magic Defense.

[SovereignAegis]

So soloing as an ast is impossible?

This is actually sad. You can't even use the balance on yourself LOL

[SunDriedRainbow]

? Where did you get that? Balance increases your damage directly, like Raging Strikes. It just doesn't affect your numerical Magic Attack Potency stat.

[AlexanderThorolund]

Thanks for all this. Very helpful and interesting.

[HeavensSword]

So soloing as an ast is impossible?

This is actually sad. You can't even use the balance on yourself LOL

He's specifically referring to the stat values in your character sheet. You receive a buff, but it's calculated as some modifier to the actual damage/defense/speed formulae instead of increasing stat values themselves. So you still receive a benefit from those cards.

[Risvertasashi]

Aspected Helios, Gravity, and Stoneskin can all be cast while running with Lightspeed active.

That sounds ridiculously OP xD

[UOdhn]

That sounds ridiculously OP xD

Maybe, if the potency wasn't reduced by 25%.

[RoseM]

Thanks for the post, I found them very useful.

One question: by "Bole does NOT affect your Defense or Magic Defense", do you mean Bole does NOT reduce MAGIC dmg? (like T13 firebreath, and all kinds of magic aoes)

[Shinji2787]

Thanks for the post, I found them very useful.

One question: by "Bole does NOT affect your Defense or Magic Defense", do you mean Bole does NOT reduce MAGIC dmg? (like T13 firebreath, and all kinds of magic aoes)

My understanding is that its simply a Damage Reduction buff; so any incoming damage would be reduced after all the other multipliers are taken into account.

[HoolieWho]

How about the potency of stoneskin cast under lightspeed? Normal I assume?