Astro changes 5.1

[Brandedblade]

When you lost all feeling playing a class that you just throw card buffs on yourself because it's boring and easy regardless of damage buff... SE please fix this

Wow. Literally just play whm at that point. You'll do more damage with whm then just throwing the cards on yourself.

[MitsukiKimura]

Wow. Literally just play whm at that point. You'll do more damage with whm then just throwing the cards on yourself.

I prefer unique gameplay in my healer than just being a glarebringer but sadly AST is not unique until SE hears our plea for a better card system.

[Brandedblade]

I prefer unique gameplay in my healer than just being a glarebringer but sadly AST is not unique until SE hears our plea for a better card system.

What's the point in playing AST when you dont even engage in the system that makes it unique?

[CrimsonGunner]

What's the point in playing AST when you dont even engage in the system that makes it unique?

whats the point of your trolling now?

[Crushnight]

What's the point in playing AST when you dont even engage in the system that makes it unique?

I'm honestly ashamed of how so emotionally invested in this you are "Maybe one day when they take away what you love, I hope they dont care in the slightest?" Lol!

I supposed I should be finished with you as well since you're to stubborn to see the fact that tying assorted utility to a rng mechanic is inherently a flawed design. The thing that AST had was the reason I never played it? Why gamble and shuffle through random effects when I could have my consistency on SCH? Now that they've made the card system significantly more consistent I find the class more fun. I will take the rng effecting the potency over the effects themselves any day.

Might want to be careful with what you say :P once on the internet its there forever afterall XD

[416to305]

I was one of the people that really disliked the card changes and even quit AST after making it my main since release but recently switched back to it. I definitely prefer the old cards, as it was satisfying when things went south being able to use an Ewer or Bole and whatnot, however as much as I hate to say it I really don't mind AST as it is right now. My biggest issue was when Divination had such a long cooldown. Now that it's shorter I find I enjoy it much more, as by the time you have the 3 seals generally Divination is pretty close to being ready again. When I think back to how often you actually would use a RR Balance before, I feel like Divination comes up just as often if not more and is satisfying when you can deploy it. I also like how there's less competition when you have another AST in the party, as that was always a huge pain having to constantly watch what cards they were using so that you don't accidentally overwrite the RR Balance they just did with your RR Spear that you hit 2 seconds after.

Might be an unpopular opinion but I actually really like playing in Nocturnal Sect and pretty much only use it unless I'm with a SCH. I find Celestial Opposition is super satisfying as well using it as a shield, and Neutral Sect also feels pretty badass. I don't do savage anything though so I understand a lot of issues come from that realm, but in terms of normal content, latest dungeons, EX and so on I prefer it.

I just wish that Horoscope triggered automatically at the end as I find it gets wasted often times.

[LadyKairi]

how there's less competition when you have another AST in the party, as that was always a huge pain having to constantly watch what cards they were using so that you don't accidentally overwrite the RR Balance they just did with your RR Spear that you hit 2 seconds after.

See I find it to be the opposite. There’s even more competition when in a double Ast situation. None of our buffs stack. I can’t even tell you how many times I got stuck with another Ast when I decide to give it a chance, and my divination is wasted because the other Ast used theirs right after mine. So many lord or lady cards wasted by being replaced with lower potency cards or cards used on the wrong kind of dps. Being able to get out even more buffs makes you run into this issue a lot. The only time I never had an issue was the one Ast that didn’t use any cards. More often than not my stuff gets overwritten by cards that are on the wrong kind of dps. It’s so infuriating. So much potential dps boost wasted. I dunno.

I’m not a fan of this new Ast card system. I try to like it, but I just can’t play Ast the way it is right now, which makes me sad since I Mained it since it’s release. At least I have white mage c:

[Aelin_Ashryver]

Mp issues are infuriating. If I dps and heal im constantly out of mana. Doing 24 man right now for ex, my co healer REFUSES to rez, is a WHM and jus sits and glares. Im healing, rezzing and TRYING to dps and I just can't. Would have no issue on my WHM

[Brandedblade]

Might want to be careful with what you say :P once on the internet its there forever afterall XD

Thanks for the misquote. The point I was making was the fact that 5.0 is what made me switch from SCH to AST because I prefer the way AST plays now. AST is consistent and therefore it's fun for me now. Perhaps my error was not saying that there are other reasons I prefer AST besides the cards being more consistant? Such as AST's unlimited weave space and the fact that it's now the busiest of the healers gameplay wise, and that I find the Card into Divination loop far more engaging then fire and forgetting Chain.

And the fun part? I still do infact play SCH on occasion. But god forbid someone play multiple healers I'm a game where you can be multiple classes on the same character. But because of how AST has changed in 5.0 it's my preferred one now. My condolences if that makes you think I'm one of the people who ruined your class for you.

[Brandedblade]

whats the point of your trolling now?

I'm just stating the obvious. Why play a class and intentionally use one of its mechanics suboptimally simply because you dont like it? It sounds like the kind of thing an ice mage would do?