Astrologian 5.0 Discussion

[ty_taurus]

Astrologian's former issue was consistency with some of the cards being great and others being situational (and spire just being downright bad). Thats why this whole change was made, but it's just such a flavorless change, and so everyone's going back and forth between the two, but can't we do something else with the cards?

If the problem was the lack of consistency, why don't we just delete Draw/Play/Redraw altogether and do something that returns the unique card effects but in a way that can be controlled.

Here's an example of what I mean:
Solar Draw: Draw either The Balance or The Spear
The Balance boosts direct hit + gives a Solar Seal
The Spear boosts critical hit + gives a Solar Seal
Solar Draw is meant to be played on DPS allies.

Lunar Draw: Draw either The Bole or The Arrow
The Bole reduces damage received + gives a Lunar Seal
The Arrow Increases healing received + gives a Lunar Seal
Lunar Draw is meant to be played on tanks.

Celestial Draw: Draw either The Spire or The Ewer
The Spire reduces MP costs by X% + Gives a Celestial Seal
The Ewer grants MP refresh to the target + Gives a Celestial Seal
Celestial Draw is meant to be played on Healers

Solar Draw, Lunar Draw, and Celestial Draw share a recast timer under normal circumstances.
Sleeve Draw removes this aspect temporarily, allowing you to use a card from each Draw, but you can't obtain seals while Sleeve Draw is in effect.

Divination gets removed and Horoscope adopts its identity, as Horoscope thematically will make more sense with the new AoE card effect:
When you have 1 of each Seal, you can activate Horoscope.
When used, Horoscope will...
Apply The Balance AND The Spear to all DPS party members.
Apply The Bole AND The Arrow to all Tank party members.
Apply The Ewer AND The Spire to all Healer party members.

Minor Arcana no longer consumes your current card. Instead, it's just its own Draw effect on a separate CD from the other 3 draws.
Lord of Crowns and Lady of Crowns return to their old effects: Lord of Crowns deals damage while Lady of Crowns heals an ally.
When using Minor Arcana, Lord and Lady will always alternate. This means if you draw The Lord of Crowns, the next card drawn by Minor Arcana will ALWAYS be the Lady and vice versa.

Restore the individual cards, but let players have general control over them so they're no longer so random that they're inconsistent. Solar Draw will be used significantly more than Lunar and Celestial, but you'll want to find opportunities to use Lunar and Celestial to enable Horoscope, so you'll look for moments where they are best applicable, as their enablement of Horoscope will grant more DPS than 2 uses of Solar Draw. You can also just burn them right out of the gate so you don't have to worry about them. This isn't optimal, but for newer players, it's easier. Not only that, but it will also be easier to learn what the cards do as you'll be conditioned to know that Solar is for DPS, Lunar is for Tanks, and Celestial is for healers.