Astro in savage

[VanEinstein]

@ RaeyFonzur - I agree with so much of what you've said in your last couple posts. It seems like it's an uphill battle when trying to spell out the reality of the job versus it's potential outcomes, and in my opinion, you've done a good job of it.

I feel like Astrologian somehow suffered from a lack of ideas or time during its development.. almost like it was rushed to the finish without a great deal of thought as to what the implications of the chosen design was. The job still has an enjoyable *feel* to it (though describing that isn't exactly my forte), but the harsh realities of the design set in once you put it under pressure.

[DarkmoonVael]

I feel like Astrologian somehow suffered from a lack of ideas or time during its development.. almost like it was rushed to the finish without a great deal of thought as to what the implications of the chosen design was. The job still has an enjoyable *feel* to it (though describing that isn't exactly my forte), but the harsh realities of the design set in once you put it under pressure.

Nothing screams lack of ideas when being developed more than a new healer thats entire healing toolset is designed around one stance where its a weaker WHM and one stance where its a weaker SCH. It would have been nice to have a new healer thats entirely unique in its style, but we have AST instead. I think no one on the dev team actually plays a healer in game tbh.

[Assirra]

@ RaeyFonzur - I agree with so much of what you've said in your last couple posts. It seems like it's an uphill battle when trying to spell out the reality of the job versus it's potential outcomes, and in my opinion, you've done a good job of it.

I feel like Astrologian somehow suffered from a lack of ideas or time during its development.. almost like it was rushed to the finish without a great deal of thought as to what the implications of the chosen design was. The job still has an enjoyable *feel* to it (though describing that isn't exactly my forte), but the harsh realities of the design set in once you put it under pressure.

If anything it was a clash of ideas that made it what it has become.
They wanted a new healer but it has to work together with the other 2 so it got the sect system. However it also couldn't straight up replace the other healer so as result our heals are a bit less potent.
Then they wanted to have a random rng card system and for some reason also forced it into their new healing class. This not only creates a more support healer with less potency but also gives us a total of 4 spell slots that could (and should) be used to enhance our lack of healing.
They really should have given that rng system to a dps class but i assume with the whole bard not singing stuff they didn't want to do that.
The result? A less potency healer that has to rely on rng to give some utility.

[VanEinstein]

@ Assirra - Perhaps your way of saying it is better than what I hoped to get across. It's always nice to see when others are getting that same impression about the job though, because I feel like if enough people are coming to this conclusion, then surely it must have occurred to someone on the development team by now... well, maybe. I don't know if I'd be giving them too much credit or not.