Serious feedback on Astrologian after clearing A1 Savage.

[Reinha]

Could it be that Astrologian is meant to be a third support class, and you're only supposed to take one? The OP mentions that his/her group also has a Machinist, so they basically have two support classes. If they swapped it out for a caster or melee they may be able to get group dps to where it's supposed to be. Perhaps Astro was never meant to fit into the classic group composition, but rather allow new ones without a physical ranged dps. This still doesn't solve the issue with their healing output though. They either need a buff or some kind of healer support skills that buff their healing partner.

Edit. To clarify, I meant that Astrologians certainly need to be able to pass healing checks together with their co-healer, just like bards and machinists need to dps enough so their group can pass dps checks. But if they intended Astro to be a support type healer, it makes sense that their healing is the lowest of the three by a small margin. Right now that margin is too big though.

[Karen_Cerfrumos]

Could it be that Astrologian is meant to be a third support class, and you're only supposed to take one? The OP mentions that his/her group also has a Machinist, so they basically have two support classes. If they swapped it out for a caster or melee they may be able to get group dps to where it's supposed to be. Perhaps Astro was never meant to fit into the classic group composition, but rather allow new ones without a physical ranged dps. This still doesn't solve the issue with their healing output though. They either need a buff or some kind of healer support skills that buff their healing partner.

There's no support classes in this game. MCH is able to do 1k+ DPS, AST isn't.

[Daralii]

Could it be that Astrologian is meant to be a third support class, and you're only supposed to take one? The OP mentions that his/her group also has a Machinist, so they basically have two support classes. If they swapped it out for a caster or melee they may be able to get group dps to where it's supposed to be. Perhaps Astro was never meant to fit into the classic group composition, but rather allow new ones without a physical ranged dps. This still doesn't solve the issue with their healing output though. They either need a buff or some kind of healer support skills that buff their healing partner.

Except there's no reason to even take one when they bring very little to the table that white mages and scholars don't do and usually do better.