AST buffs in 3.4 Changes to Barries and Cards.

[Fland]

hmm... so they said, with the upcoming buffs, AST will be "scary" when used by skilled player...

not sure what it actually conveys...

[KDSilver]

Noct Astrologian will never be a scholar, cause scholar's job is not just 'adlo'.
Dot, shield, pet management (buff and embrace), strong instant heal thanks to aether stack, awesome mana.

So, it's great to see they're trying to buff Noct Ast, it really needs it, but it sad to see they are only make changes to the barriers... this isn't the only thing scholar provide in a team.

[Rennies]

By becoming another Scholar, I meant mandatory in every optimal raid group. By the way, if you read the previous posts on Astro's changes, you'd know they're making significant changes to the card system as well as the barriers. And we should expect changes to the Benefic II proc, because as it stands, it's useless in most situations and even detrimental if you're used to timing your spells. Celestial Opposition could also be seeing some changes.

So no, it's not just changes to the barriers.

[Marxam]

Would be nice if Redraw was on the same cd timer as Draw (30 seconds). That way I have two chances to draw Spire twice in a row. >.>


But seriously, it would be nice if Spread also had an additional effect when a card is placed into it. ex.

-Balance or Bole when Spread will give you a 5% spell speed buff for 20 seconds.
-Arrow and Spear when Spread will give you 10% in to your Benefic procs
-Ewer and Spire when Spread will give you a 5% healing potency increase for 20 seconds.

Time Dilation also needs to be able to be used on yourself.

[Rennies]

I wonder if they'll put Redraw on a 15s CD

[File2ish]

Time Dilation also needs to be able to be used on yourself.

And make it useful for solo content!? Are you mad!? That will NEVER HAPPEN!!!

[basketofseals]

By becoming another Scholar, I meant mandatory in every optimal raid group. By the way, if you read the previous posts on Astro's changes, you'd know they're making significant changes to the card system as well as the barriers. And we should expect changes to the Benefic II proc, because as it stands, it's useless in most situations and even detrimental if you're used to timing your spells. Celestial Opposition could also be seeing some changes.

So no, it's not just changes to the barriers.

Jesus, we got the most VAGUE allusions to change. It's far too early to be calling OP. What significant changes to us is not the same was what SE considers significant change.

You can't say for certain that Benefic 2 or CO are likely to change. Yeah they're kinda meh when it comes to abilities, but that didn't stop them from releasing them anyway.

[Rennies]

Jesus, we got the most VAGUE allusions to change. It's far too early to be calling OP. What significant changes to us is not the same was what SE considers significant change.

You can't say for certain that Benefic 2 or CO are likely to change. Yeah they're kinda meh when it comes to abilities, but that didn't stop them from releasing them anyway.

90% certain that they have previously mentioned that they'd be accepting player feedback on the Benefic II proc- I believe it was in the Japanese section of these forums. I don't see how Benefic II could remain in its current state. CO is probably going to change to be a more noticeable effect. Right now it relies a lot on invisible power. You're hardly going to notice the damage gained from 5 extra seconds of a Balance card or 1-2 extra ticks of your 40 potency regen.

[basketofseals]

If they definitely commented on changing benefic 2 then I'm pretty excited. I still remain reserved on CO unless they explicitly have said they were changing it. It was even worse on release, and they sure didn't make it that much stronger even when they knew ASTs were under-performing. I've got high hopes, but low expectations >_<

[Kerrigen]

90% certain that they have previously mentioned that they'd be accepting player feedback on the Benefic II proc- I believe it was in the Japanese section of these forums. I don't see how Benefic II could remain in its current state. CO is probably going to change to be a more noticeable effect. Right now it relies a lot on invisible power. You're hardly going to notice the damage gained from 5 extra seconds of a Balance card or 1-2 extra ticks of your 40 potency regen.

Can confirm they commented on being interested in feedback regarding B2 proc on the JP board. That was months ago though, so who knows where they went with it, if they even did anything.

Anyway, pretty excited. I want these patch notes.