Astrologian 5.0 Discussion

[Sanghelios]

To bad the increasement in rdps through the divination changes isnt going to close the gap between whm pdps and asts rdps. Bit less clunkyness to the card system through sleeve draw changes is welcome. Buffs to the healing spells are solid, CU untouched is lame, Lightspeed at 90sec cd is pretty much the same as before, might even be a nerf if you would have made use of your four dignitys within that 120sec window. Tho one must say divination and sleeve draw are now out of line with their cds. So for every other~ divination you now not only have a shorter window but also less available cards to match your seals, potentially leaving you with a tier 2 divination much more likely. Gravity and helios at 1.5sec castime allows extra windows for weaving and increases ast dps (only in dungeons) by a large largin, alongside granting you a bit more movability. Celestial Opposition still fairly useless in nocturnal, while being pretty solid now in diurnal (To bad with the whm overflow ast is pretty much doomed to stay in nocturnal for every content where it actually matters). Furthermore, no changes to the card effects and how they work also still let you remain screwed with bad party composition (Wasnt a goal of them to remove the need for certain compositions?).

Since WHM is still way ahead ast in terms of dps, and their healing kit still remaining to be better than asts kit, alongside the fact that ast has to put a lot of effort into the cards, i can easily say that WHM/SCH combo is the absolute goto composition. If your raid group swaps out a WHM or SCH for a AST, then you are giving your raid group with a huge deficit to deal with.