Astrologian Cards Can't Be a Coin Flip: A petition

[WaterShield]

Stop with these "omuhgawd healer ruined" threads. The changes are fantastic and most players in game are taking about picking up healing. But all these threads talking nonsense about " i didnt get what i want petetion to change it" and try to justify it as balance. I am so glad SE has the brains to know which comments to take seriously and make the right decision like they did with healers and the new races. So glad that they are developing ff14 and not the side arm of the forums because the game would be broken beyond repair.

Keep up the good work SE and good luck in these troll forums

HUH!?!?!?

Are you for real?

[Gihwezi]

Stop with these "omuhgawd healer ruined" threads. The changes are fantastic and most players in game are taking about picking up healing. But all these threads talking nonsense about " i didnt get what i want petetion to change it" and try to justify it as balance. I am so glad SE has the brains to know which comments to take seriously and make the right decision like they did with healers and the new races. So glad that they are developing ff14 and not the side arm of the forums because the game would be broken beyond repair.

Keep up the good work SE and good luck in these troll forums

How does it feel to be completely wrong?

[Trunks7287]

Stop with these "omuhgawd healer ruined" threads. The changes are fantastic and most players in game are taking about picking up healing. But all these threads talking nonsense about " i didnt get what i want petetion to change it" and try to justify it as balance. I am so glad SE has the brains to know which comments to take seriously and make the right decision like they did with healers and the new races. So glad that they are developing ff14 and not the side arm of the forums because the game would be broken beyond repair.

Keep up the good work SE and good luck in these troll forums

Can we downvote this clown please?

[SieyaM]

Are these cards really color coded? Because I am color blind so unless there is some other indicator I can use I will just be unable to play it.

[StarRosie]

How does it feel to be completely wrong?

I mean, he's not completely wrong. He's not completely right either but, the forums are not an accurate representation of the player base at large. They're actually a small percentage of the overall player base. (Mostly talking about the English forums here.) On top of this, there are players on the forums voicing that they like the changes, they just get drowned out by the endless tides of pessimism, catastrophizing, and overall jaded predictions. Or worse, they are actively being shouted down and ganged up on by the vocal minority until these more excited players just go silent. So, again, he's not completely wrong, but also not completely right. Anyways, gonna just step away now before I get drowned myself.

Are these cards really color coded? Because I am color blind so unless there is some other indicator I can use I will just be unable to play it.

The cards will likely retain their symbols, which will be displayed when you draw one in the draw ability icon. As well as, the card you draw will be shown as a buff on your statuses bar with the same symbols. So, you can tell which card you have via that.

[Gihwezi]

snip.

Nah you're good, you have a point.

[LyraleiManagem]

Just saying, with the new changes combined
1. cards are single target
2. cards last for 15s
3. cards no longer go away after 30s and don't affect draw cooldown
it now challenges your understanding of your party member's dps burst window to maximize group dps gain. Even it's the same 3-6% DPS boost, 6% when a SMN summons Bahamut vs 6% when a SMN spams ruin is quite different.
The "choices" AST currently has is hugely based on RNG, which to be honest, is often non-existent -- i don't get the chance to decide whether to minor arcana a bole or give it to tank when 1. i don't even have a bole when i notice the tank f*** up 2. i do draw a bole and everything is going well. I'm not saying the new card system is better or more fun to play, just wanna point out that for those who look for choice and desicion making, the new card system is not as lame and shallow as you think.

[Ragnhar]

I was a heavenward AST main and played it a lot on the first 4 months of Stormblood and i am extremely happy with the changes but for one tiny, little, small, minuscule problem and that is that we need another way to use the celestial seals or once we acquire all 3 different seals we will just convert all cards to lord and lady until divination comes off cooldown and that just sound simple and boring. Draw a card convert to lord/lady and use, there is no more card minigame which i am happy about but there needs to be a reason for us to not just be getting lord and lady left and right. Also please increase card duration to 20 seconds, it would feel better that way, it's not a dps problem but a problem of how ephemeral the buffs feels.

[Iscah]

Are these cards really color coded? Because I am color blind so unless there is some other indicator I can use I will just be unable to play it.

Have you played astrologian before, or are you just thinking about picking it up?

Assuming the cards stay visually the same as they are now, each one has a unique symbol as well as colour, themed on the six elements in the game. The "draw card" button also changes to the name of your current card.

[Insertcoins]

I know it's been said already but I just want to make clear 99% of the -choice- you all had was RNG. I don't know any astros who actually MISS having no chance getting the card they were looking for. All I heard alot of them mention was " Thank god Spire is gone" But my circle of discord and ingame friends is tiny compared to even the forums and the world itself. But do you astros who are mad ... are you really telling me you're going to actually miss the RNG? OR are you just pissed cause you feel like the class is being made too casual and it's a pride thing? I'm just asking. Cause I don't think it's being dumbed down honestly.... like all they did was take the RNG away and cards that will no longer be of use. Spire is dead when there's no TP, Bole is dead cause tanks will have better defenses. So is it just cause you think casuals will pick it up? ALSO I just want to say we still don't know how endgame will be tuned. Yes you can base it on stormblood but then it's not a 1 to 1. We HAVE TP and stuff now.. we won't in 3 weeks. I know you HATE people saying it.. but is it so wrong to wait and see before we scream and shout?