3.1 : Astrologian "adjustments''

[Vlady]

Does AST honestly even need a buff?

If they buff their shields, won't they completely phase out Scholars? Like... Entirely?

You guys might be asking for a little bit too much, at this point. I mean you have stances to switch between WHM and SCH and you want to be on par with both of them? That kind of undermines all of the people who leveled White Mage and Scholar so they could have those options.

Scholar is for now brought on more for its damage dealing abilities. Even if the astro shields are buffed we will still be used more for white mage fill ins as long as the scholar has such incredible offensive abilities. It is a damned healers conundrum where you are damned if you buff astros and damned if you nerf scholars.

Only way I can see nocturnal getting use for astros is to once more let us stance dance to utilize shields and regens. Alot of changes would have to be made but some people suggest that nocturnal be more of our offensive stance. Remove our cleric stance and let noc be our offensive stance with a unique reverse shield that reflect some damage back to those shielded would be a decent way for us to supply some damage indirectly.