Just buff Astrologians

[Leiloni]

I got Stone Vigil for my duty roulette on Monday and wiped at the first big room when a patrol joined the mobs. I kept aggro the entire time so that wasn't the issue. The AST could just not keep up with the heals. I died, then he died. Felt bad about it, but he never said a word. No issues the rest of the dungeon but...that was a wipe that never should have happened.

Really not enough info here to know what the problem was. I am more inclined to say that it's either a tank or healer skill issue. AST can do Stone Vigil and most other dungeons without issues. Content doesn't really become challenging enough to see imbalances until later.

[Ariel_Valmont]

Astro's literally cant join parties.

I join parties just fine.

[Litner]

I join parties just fine.

There's an entire post on the front page of this forum showcasing an entire party finder where they can't! Don't fool yourself into thinking this isn't a problem.

[Ariel_Valmont]

Without things like Divine Seal on AST I've taken to double hotting on big pulls, using both Diurnal AH and AB for extra mitigation healing instead of just AB.

If your not dpsing during the pulls it is a lot easier to use nocturnal sect on the big pulls, from my experience. It's not as broken, as people make it out to be.

[Ariel_Valmont]

Not amazingly but fine.

There are some pretty amazing astrologians out there , that are beyond fine.

[Parawill]

If your not dpsing during the pulls it is a lot easier to use nocturnal sect on the big pulls, from my experience. It's not as broken, as people make it out to be.

The issue I have with Nocturnal is that Aspected Benefic is beyond useless high-demand HPS situations (large pulls) unless it crits. Since Astrologians have access to Benefic II unlike Scholars, who don't. In addition to this, Nocturnal Aspected Benfic is 100 potency behind Adloquium and doesn't have the 2x Shield Crit Modifier, plus is still 151 potency ([620*0.05%] = 31 + 620 = 651) behind Benefira in Nocturnal Stance. So in situations where you need to pump HPS, Benefic II is better in almost all situations. x_x

If they just added a +healing buff to you every time you cast a card (similar to warriors wrath) it would fix everything.

That would not solve anything as it's a boost every 30 seconds, which would mean it would be either a 5% to 15% boost max. Plus, it would also require you to hold your card or draw CD which further backtracks the amount of buffing you can do with Royal Road and the initial Spread adding an additional 30 seconds to your no-buff time.

[Ariel_Valmont]

Just give me a card with +healing on it already. We got every other stat, except the one we need the most.

If they just added a +healing buff to you every time you cast a card (similar to warriors wrath) it would fix everything.

[Ariel_Valmont]

Aspects benific (nocturnal sect) works great on dungeon trash pulls, you don't spam it, precast , then weave it in with your benifics. The shield can last long enough to throw some dots out when the isn't to many monsters left. Mp is not an issue in dungeons, unless you get the ignore mechanics crew.

[bounddreamer]

Really not enough info here to know what the problem was. I am more inclined to say that it's either a tank or healer skill issue. AST can do Stone Vigil and most other dungeons without issues. Content doesn't really become challenging enough to see imbalances later.

I haven't had problems in Stone Vigil since I was a baby tank pre-50. I had four mobs, a fifth joined and I grabbed it while repositioning, I was holding onto all five and popping cooldowns to handle the damage and I died. I didn't lose aggro. Mobs were facing away from the party. I died. Then the AST died when I went down. Perhaps it was their specific skill level. But it was a relatively routine pull; the wipe should not have happened.

[VitalSuit]

yeah, i don't expect a huge overhaul, but yoshida said that if they need to buff us they'll do it by reinforcing our job main feature, as in Cards. I'm not sure if it means cards we'll have an impact on healing capabilities or that they'll just enhance cards potencies.

Anyway the cards are in their hands!

I'll be honest. As I see it now AST needs a rework like Warrior got.