The positive Astrologian thread!

[Bovinity]

Oh, and I do like the AST weapons.

In general, I would prefer staves, but I hate how WHM holds theirs. As if they're trying to choke it to death.

[DarkmoonVael]

Oh, and I do like the AST weapons.

In general, I would prefer staves, but I hate how WHM holds theirs. As if they're trying to choke it to death.

I think out of the three healers, the aesthetics of the AST in regards to weapons, animations of casting spells and the visual spell effects themselves are the best.

[Ghishlain]

Fun things to do on AST? When running through trash on the Vault and you give your tank Enhanced Bole + Diurnal Aspected Benefic + Diurnal Aspected Helios then Time Dilation all that followed by Collective Unconsciousness. Sit pretty and whistle for a bit. See a big orange AoE under you? Shrug it off because the damage is healed in the next six seconds.

Sweet sweet HoT stacking~

[Ariel_Valmont]

Has anyone mentioned astrologions amazing auto attack animation? The Backhand!

[Ghishlain]

Has anyone mentioned astrologions amazing auto attack animation? The Backhand!

Death by thousand paper cuts.

.... that actually sounds pretty scary >>;

[Eul]

I don't know but somehow AST is kinda buffed in frontline. Your know they keep spam Noct Aspected Benefic unlike SCH that need cast to Adloquium.

[Galadrium]

Got a compliment today from a Drk that I was the best AST he ever ran with. Later said..."no really," he said, "you are good."

Keep shining fellow ASTs. One by one we'll eventually change the perception. Kinda just like the AST storyline actually.

[Cynfael]

Got a compliment today from a Drk that I was the best AST he ever ran with. Later said..."no really," he said, "you are good."

Keep shining fellow ASTs. One by one we'll eventually change the perception. Kinda just like the AST storyline actually.

I know this thread was founded on bricks of sunshine and panes of rose-tinted glass, but the negative perception will change as soon as the real fixes come. In-universe AST is a surprisingly great healer and a kicker of much ass; actual AST has yet to live up to this expectation.

You know things are bad when it's not at all uncommon to see players react in shock when they meet an AST whom they find to be genuinely good.

[Sylentmana]

I think out of the three healers, the aesthetics of the AST in regards to weapons, animations of casting spells and the visual spell effects themselves are the best.

I agree. I've played every class/job and I find AST to be the most visually appealing in terms animations. Also, dat eso gear is amazing.

[Anatha]

Whether or not one person in this thread continually berates everyone else with L2P, the truth is plain to see.

The numbers are in,
The job is not performing up to par, and SE is balancing it to that end.

You should look into your disconnect from reality.
Or did you think WAR was great in 2.0 and berated them all for being SO bad, blah blah create own meta blah blah.


If you take an AST into progression you lose out, it's currently "challenge mode" to roll with an AST in progression, and that is definitely not where any class should be. The benefits do not outweigh the costs.

With 3 healers and 3 tanks available now, the meta should be "encounter specific combinations tailored to said encounter", for tanks this already happens. For healers? "There's a third healer now? I didn't realize."