The Great Astrologian Divide

[TankHunter678]

I think the problem is that AST has a lot of different identities.

It has it's Diurnal and Nocturnal Sects.
It has its Time Mage roots and Space/Time effects.
And then there's the tarot cards.

The latter never appealed to me as much as the other two.

Yet the class lore was built around the cards and the constellations they represented, while the sects merely represented daytime and nighttime fitting with the theme of astrology. Which makes the whole "neutral sect" odd because it does not fit in with the naming of the class. It probably should of been called Twilight sect as it is supposed to represent the point where day and night merge.

[Seraphor]

Yet the class lore was built around the cards and the constellations they represented, while the sects merely represented daytime and nighttime fitting with the theme of astrology. Which makes the whole "neutral sect" odd because it does not fit in with the naming of the class. It probably should of been called Twilight sect as it is supposed to represent the point where day and night merge.

I mean, I don't personally see the link between constellations and tarot cards, but that's what they decided to go with.

[TankHunter678]

I mean, I don't personally see the link between constellations and tarot cards, but that's what they decided to go with.

They went with the Major Arcana themselves being based off of the constellations rather then going with the typical tarot deck of the real world. Probably because it allowed them to not need to make as many cards as would be found in an actual tarot deck, and as a result the cards function as a focus allow you to draw upon the power of the constellation to bestow upon others to alter their fate. Which was the whole point of you seeing the constellation and unlocking full access to it lore wise.

[Halik]

... awkward system that could be dumped and replaced with 2 buttons. A button with a 30 sec cooldown to place a 15 sec DPS buff on a single target and a button with a 120 sec cooldown to place a 15 sec duration DPS buff on the entire party.

The fact that reading this and realizing I'd be fine with this change for the current system, makes me kind of sad. :/

They went with the Major Arcana themselves being based off of the constellations rather then going with the typical tarot deck of the real world. Probably because it allowed them to not need to make as many cards as would be found in an actual tarot deck, and as a result the cards function as a focus allow you to draw upon the power of the constellation to bestow upon others to alter their fate. Which was the whole point of you seeing the constellation and unlocking full access to it lore wise.

This; the quests don't make all that much sense anymore. Minor Arcana are now more powerful than Major Arcana.