Quote Originally Posted by Zolvolt View Post
The card system isn't even close to what aetherflow is.... tired old talking point that doesn't address anything about ast's cards. It's hard to engage with you guys because you just throw w/e to the wind even though it doesn't apply to the actual job you're complaining about. That said you're free to not like ast but you should at least have experience with it before talking about (which you do, don't want to seem like implying you don't). But what I'd say is just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it's bad. But y'all should work on what you draw comparisons to. Cards aren't like aetherflow in any way shape or form. and astro and whm aren't the same job. They have about 4 basic spells (2 of which you arely if ever use) that are the same... False comparisons like these are just a bad faith effort at discussing the job and what you'd rather see. In other words, nobody can take you seriously if you don't actually address the job.
There is nothing objectively wrong about points that role perspective. Astrologian is just a part of the bigger issue and that is the healer role itself. This is what has been the homogenization of classes in the game. Astrologian short as of 3 weeks ago was more fun than what we got now. Why do I need my cards to be another defensive/healing buff? The only time something like that was even niche useful was during the bahamut revisit fight where you could stack the shield + neutral sect+ healing buff to time your cooldowns around Ahk Morn into bahamut ultimate allowing Astrologian to pre-empt both damage phases. That is the only thing astrologian has that sets it apart from other classes. It still has a someone higher skill ceiling for lining up rev up spells requiring the astrologian to know the fight in advance to maximize play time. And tha is not really even a major game changer anymore.. I would like my old astro for even fishing for my own buffs compared to what we got now.