Astrologian impossible to balance as it is

[AlexanderThorolund]

I wasn't going to post but as a iLv 200 Astro I do feel like I have a voice on this. I read the OP and I don't really see the issue. I use nocturnal 99% of the time. The 1% being 8man content with a Scholar. Nocturnal gives me so much more freedom to DPS.

I think people need to be more specific in their issues with the class.

[NamoNanamo]

I wasn't going to post but as a iLv 200 Astro I do feel like I have a voice on this. I read the OP and I don't really see the issue. I use nocturnal 99% of the time. The 1% being 8man content with a Scholar. Nocturnal gives me so much more freedom to DPS.

I think people need to be more specific in their issues with the class.

It doesn't matter how high your Ilvl is.
8-man content is almost everything. You don't balance a job with 4-man content. (Cause I can heal with my conjurer without problem and with no cross-class skill)
Diurnal aspect is better for dpsing and give way more freedom than Nocturnal. And you could shield=>switch diurnal before pull.

[Starbirth]

I wasn't going to post but as a iLv 200 Astro I do feel like I have a voice on this. I read the OP and I don't really see the issue. I use nocturnal 99% of the time. The 1% being 8man content with a Scholar. Nocturnal gives me so much more freedom to DPS.

I think people need to be more specific in their issues with the class.

Im an i203 Ast and I find Nocturnal 99% useless vs Diurnal. The shields just cannot compete with the regens in terms of overall potency and the regens will stack with whm ones while Ast shields do not with Sch.

[NamoNanamo]

Im an i203 Ast and I find Nocturnal 99% useless vs Diurnal. The shields just cannot compete with the regens in terms of overall potency and the regens will stack with whm ones while Ast shields do not with Sch.

"We" don't care about your Ilvl. It's not always useless vs Diurnal cause it will depend if you are with whm/Ast/Sch.
And you don't get how powerful getting shield is. It's not about the overall potency, it's about the "increase" HP you give to someone that let him survive. So yes, the shield can compete against regens.

To be clear: A3s, while Living Liquid is casting his Cascade, you are happy to get one shield. Same thing against high tankbuster.

Don't be so extrem with your opinion.