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    Luvbunny's Avatar
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    Coralie Moonseeker
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    Arcanist Lv 60
    Quote Originally Posted by Yumi_umi View Post
    Yes Ast DOES have a niche, just not a PvE niche lol. SOooooo yes the AST does have a niche just not as a bleeding edge endgame raid healer.
    LOL, why the job is even here then? I mean if it is positioned as a healer who can BUFFs, then those buffs need to be controllable and very good (look at Corsair and Geomancer in FFXI, if this team for FF14 has no inspiration, steal the idea from their other game, who does better at creating jobs who can buff the party but still do what their other role suppose to be, aka Geo + Corsair do DPS, good number. These two jobs DPS capabilities are not LOLd due to their buffing ability).

    If they want to sell it as versatile healer (with some added bonus of buffing the party in meaningless way, icing on the cake, nice to have, but won't break the game), then make those two stances comparable to the WHM or SCH roles. Right now, either stance is WORSE than the other two healer jobs. And the buffs are just that, random, not great, all over the place, way too complicated. We don't need 6 buffs, 4 that we can control is more than plenty.

    Honestly, if they make it so that the buffs are comparable and more in our control, then the less healing factor would not be so bad (for balance reasons). You can argue they may not be as good healer as the other two, but their buffs is way better than any of what WHM and SCH can bring to make up for the less healing potency.
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    Last edited by Luvbunny; 08-03-2015 at 01:57 AM.

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    Cole Evyx
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    Scholar Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Luvbunny View Post
    LOL, why the job is even here then? I mean if it is positioned as a healer who can BUFFs, then those buffs need to be controllable and very good (look at Corsair and Geomancer in FFXI, if this team for FF14 has no inspiration, steal the idea from their other game, who does better at creating jobs who can buff the party but still do what their other role suppose to be, aka Geo + Corsair do DPS, good number).
    Geomancer was one of my biggest loves.

    Yes please, yes please. If AST was anything like that I'd just... -faint-

    Quote Originally Posted by Cynfael View Post
    Perhaps Vlady is actually playing The Chessmaster here and defending AST against all reason specifically to provoke further detailed examination of how AST is disadvantaged compared to the two other healer Jobs, thus increasing negative feedback for SE to review, with the ultimate goal of encouraging others to advance the cause of AST improvement.

    That's the most generous interpretation I can think of, anyway.

    I am starting to believe this may be the truth, which makes them brilliant.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SovereignAegis View Post
    Geomancer was one of my biggest loves. Yes please, yes please. If AST was anything like that I'd just... -faint-
    I am starting to believe this may be the truth, which makes them brilliant.
    Can you just imagine!! Having AST with "two big huge beneficial bubbles" that last 30 seconds each. One that can be placed near party members, and one that is near AST as aura. Maybe that would be their next "healer job" or a magic DPS who can buffs the party lol. I have to say FFXI does a much better job in creating jobs that are unique and special compared to this game. FFXI knows what "support" means, and what "versatile" means. Just look at Red Mage, Blue Mage, Ninja, Dancer, and Summoner.
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