4.3 Thought on 3 healers

[LachleinStratos]

Pretty much agree with everyone yeh AST do lack their own identity.
Would like to see a mechanic revolving Constellation (connect stars on players) similar to Synastry maybe?
Also, outer space / stars / galaxy / planets and AST spells are all explosion just like our current (earthly star / malefic I II III / gravity) so maybe this can be what astrologian all about. Looking at Kuja from FF9

[Kacho_Nacho]

Pretty much agree with everyone yeh AST do lack their own identity.
Would like to see a mechanic revolving Constellation (connect stars on players) similar to Synastry maybe?
Also, outer space / stars / galaxy / planets and AST spells are all explosion just like our current (earthly star / malefic I II III / gravity) so maybe this can be what astrologian all about. Looking at Kuja from FF9

I wouldn't say Astrologians lack an identity. It's more like that identity wasn't taken far enough.

It would be interesting if there were astrological effects which only affected the astrologian. Say, once per day, an astrologian could make a horoscope for themselves and that particular buff would last until a new horoscope was made.

[LachleinStratos]

That sounds pretty sick and maybe they can also associate your ingame god / horoscope for beneficial buff too !

[Risvertasashi]

Pretty much agree with everyone yeh AST do lack their own identity.

I think the new stormblood abilities helped make AST a little more distinct.

But if when SE makes the fourth healer, it's "here have some reskinned WHM spells with a gimmick on top", I'm going to be pretty :| at them. Scholar feels more like an expac job than AST did in HW.

[LachleinStratos]

I think the new stormblood abilities helped make AST a little more distinct.

But if when SE makes the fourth healer, it's "here have some reskinned WHM spells with a gimmick on top", I'm going to be pretty :| at them. Scholar feels more like an expac job than AST did in HW.

4th healer has to be really different than what we have now. Yeh AST is really what you just said lol
SCH definitely feels fleshed out compared to AST

[loreleidiangelo]

I think the new stormblood abilities helped make AST a little more distinct.

But if when SE makes the fourth healer, it's "here have some reskinned WHM spells with a gimmick on top", I'm going to be pretty :| at them. Scholar feels more like an expac job than AST did in HW.

Well...yet again, I agree, but only kind of in half. Two of the three SB abilities we got were basically attempts at mitigating some more of our bad RNG gimmick (cards) and that doesn't feel good. Earthly Star is definitely a unique, powerful, and beautiful spell though. Compared to SCH, who got a brand new debuff, a new fairy ability and a...beefed Lustrate (a bit disappointing but okay in practice), it feels like both AST and WHM got lackluster additions in comparison. SCH has always been the best-designed healer in this game with the clearest niche/identity and while WHM has a solid design AST is just ugly and I'd really love for them to eye it for a rework moving forward.

[Saefinn]

Given "boring" is a very subjective term, I don't really see there being an opinion that's more valid or more valuable. Maybe if we were talking about opinions on the state of our economy, I might trust the opinion of an economist over Dave down the pub who thinks he knows what's what.

On the point whether something is boring. I can't see one opinion being more valuable than the next. You either do find it boring, or you don't.

I find trainspotting to be boring.
I find fishing to be boring.
If find football to be incredibly boring

Yet those hobbies have massive followings.

I enjoy SCH, I enjoy WHM. I find AST boring. I know people who love AST.
SCH has been my main since 2.0 and no job has hooked me long enough to replace it.