Astrologian 5.0 Discussion

[ForteNightshade]

I had no issues with MP. Like zero, and I was spamming Gravity outside of Lightspeed along with using plenty of GCDs on Benefict II. Healing was fine as well, doing plenty of dungeons with big pulls, and even had to carry a group though Baelsar's Wall despite adjusting to the changes myself. Lightspeed+Helios still functioned just fine as my go-to for emergency situations, which I got into during the Tsukuyomi trial. The healing does feel a little weak compared to WHM and SCH, but considering AST consistently buff damage, which is a mitigatory in of itself, then that should be just fine.

No offense, but Baelsar's Wall was nerfed into the ground ages ago. Not to mention, most of the 70 dungeons don't have a level sync on them, thereby making them a very poor reference point. Holminster Switch and above is where you need to put Astro through its paces. And from what I've seen and heard, it suffers significantly worse than both White Mage and Scholar in virtually every category. A friend of mine has a near panic attack every time a DRK pops Living because without ED, Astro simply can't burst heal efficiently whatsoever. When it comes to EX Primals, White Mage is pulling upwards of 3,000 more personal damage. The cards won't come remotely close to making up such a massive discrepancy. So... that begs the question, what is Astro even good at anymore?

- pDPS is awful
- Utility is both lackluster and too weak to contend with its counterparts' kits
- Healing is significantly weaker
- Zero MP sustain

Seriously. I'm struggling to find one thing Astro is better than White Mage or Scholar at.