Revamping Astrologian

[Lastelli]

Having to reserve Spread for Spear to shorten Luminiferous Aether CD is just silly. It basically doesn't allow for any rng control over other buffs, making AST completely unreliable as a buffer.
A lot of skills need to be fixed, anyone saying otherwise have no clue how powerful SCH and WHM are with post LV 50 skills. Also MP management is a real issue. I reach the end of the new dungeons with full MP with my SCH while also doing dps, with AST I have to use Lum. Aeth. every time it's available and I cannot DPS unless the party is decent and can dodge aoes.
I'm not saying AST in useless of course, it's simply less efficient than the other to healers in every possible way.

[Remilia_Nightfall]

Increase damage reduction percentage to 70%.

[Donarudo]

What?

You should not be reserving it solely for that to begin with. Secondly its pretty clear AST's are not the dps type that WHM/SCH can be. AST very well is the one healer that highlights other people not being able to dodge. You even said yourself, you can't "dps unless the party is decent and can dodge aoes". I only use lumi once during tougher trash pulls, and maybe twice during boss fights the rest of the time I am buffing the party with buffs that help down the boss faster due to the buffs. The problem isn't the draw system either. The problem is people thinking certain cards are useless at any given time so they either royal road it or shuffle instead of making use of it at that time.

[Lastelli]

Start levelling SCH and you will soon realize that you can basically achieve the same results spending less MP and without having to rely on RNG.
Atm AST is a good healer compared to WHM and SCH only if you do NOT consider post Lv 50 skills. Indomitability alone is more useful than any oGCD skill of the AST.
Still, I'm waiting for hardcore parties to give some info about the average dps increase thanks to AST's cards, but I suspect it will be very very little, probably around 2%.

[AlexanderThorolund]

You should not be reserving it solely for that to begin with. Secondly its pretty clear AST's are not the dps type that WHM/SCH can be. AST very well is the one healer that highlights other people not being able to dodge. You even said yourself, you can't "dps unless the party is decent and can dodge aoes". I only use lumi once during tougher trash pulls, and maybe twice during boss fights the rest of the time I am buffing the party with buffs that help down the boss faster due to the buffs. The problem isn't the draw system either. The problem is people thinking certain cards are useless at any given time so they either royal road it or shuffle instead of making use of it at that time.

This. So this. Astrologian, master race.

[Krixus]

Im currently i160 astro, nothing special. But I'm finishing the last boss in dungeon with around 10k mp remaining. If you arnt you are overcuring, I noticed quickly I was making myself struggle in content by not letting my regens do their job, tossing cures to top people off when it wasn't needed. Now I can dps during the fight and still do fine.

Inexperienced astros should not be spreading misinformation.

[Donarudo]

Im currently i160 astro, nothing special. But I'm finishing the last boss in dungeon with around 10k mp remaining. If you arnt you are overcuring, I noticed quickly I was making myself struggle in content by not letting my regens do their job, tossing cures to top people off when it wasn't needed. Now I can dps during the fight and still do fine.

Inexperienced astros should not be spreading misinformation.

I am experiencing the same thing, frankly getting tired of having to explain our abilities to people who have yet to reach 60 with this class.

Edit: my Astro is ilvl 166 with the ilvl 180 Globe.

[Arcana]

The problem is people thinking certain cards are useless at any given time so they either royal road it or shuffle instead of making use of it at that time.

Buffs likea spire card > Shuffle > spire Card > RR or use > another draw > ewer ftw!

Sometimes sh it happens and we get useless buffs, no matter how pro do you think you are. That means a lot of combat time without any real buff.

[Poisonous]

I feel like part of the problem with AST is that their unique mechanic (cards) is completely separated from their healing.

I think any improvement of the AST class should integrate the two a little better. Maybe if you have a card in your hand, all of your heals will give a certain small bonus. Or if you heal someone with a certain card applied to them it grants a certain small bonus. To you or two them. Etc.

As it stands both the cards and the healing are mediocre. Tying the two together might be what the class needs to be more interesting and capable of healing.

[Ayer2015]

I fail to see the reasoning for all the card complaints. Every effect has its uses in a fight. which will be beneficial in some manner, and are oGCD. You may not get what you ideally want want, but the impact is there regardless. Our non-card CDs could use some love though.... Lightspeed mainly.