Astrologian Job Idea

[Mimilu]

Astrologian (AST)
Debuffer/Self Buffer DPS
Role: DPS
Weapon: Measures: Instruments used to measure the angle of celestial bodies.
Relic: Euclidian Sexton
Armor: Clothing
Limit Break: Magic DPS
Important Stats: Intelligence, MP and TP.
Cross-Class: THM and ARC

Ishgarian augurs, who use the stars to interpret and manipulate fate. By observing the heavens, they gain insight into omens that they can use to enchant their spells, which are derived from the trajectory of celestial bodies to direct aether.

Skills and Mechanics

MP vs TP
Astrologian's skills use either MP or TP, depending on the skill. MP skills do magical damage, while TP does physical. Both use Intelligence.

Omens
While using their skills, Astrologians will receive Omens. Omens are then can be used for various skills.
- Astral Omen: Represents light, heat, and/or strength. Increases Physical Damage the user deals by 5% and decreases their Magical Damage dealt by 5%.
- Umbral Omen: Represents darkness, cold, and/or intellect. Increases Magical Damage the user deals by 5% and decreases their Physical Damage dealt by 5%.
- Waxing Omen: Represents gain, dryness, and/or something approaching.
- Waning Omen: Represents lose, moisture, and/or the departure of something.

* Astrologians can have Astral or Umbral omens and Waxing or Waning Omens. Any newly gained omen will replace its opposite.

Offensive Skills (MP)
- Locus: Damages a selected target. Potency of 150. 2.5 second cast time. 2.5 second recast.
- Cusp: Damages all foes with in a 10 yalm, frontal column. Potency of 120. 2.5 second cast time. 5 second recast.
- Quintile: Damages a selected target and places a DoT on them. Potency of 60 for the attack and 45 for the DoT. 2.5 second cast time. 2.5 second recast
- Water Conjunction: Damages a selected target and grants the user both an Umbral and Waning Omen. Potency of 100, Potency of 200 when used in front of the selected target. Instant cast time. 30 second recast.
- Opposing Aspect: Damages a selected target. Potency of 100, Potency of 200 when used behind the selected target. 2.5 second cast time. 10 second recast.
- Celestial Stasis: Places Bind on the caster and all foes with in 10 yalms of them for 10 seconds. The user can still move using Azimuth. Instant cast time. 30 second recast.
- Celestial Descension: Damages a selected target and grants an effect depending on the Omen the user has. 2.5 second cast time. 60 second cast time when the user casts this with an Omen up, 2.5 when the user casts this without an Omen up.
• Waxing Omen: Damages a selected target and decreases their Physical Defense by 10% for 20 seconds. Potency of 100.
• Waning Omen: Damages a selected target and decreases their Magical Defense by 10% for 20 seconds. Potency of 100.
• None: Damages a selected target. Potency of 150.
- Decan: Using 2 Omens, damage a selected target and any foe with in a certain radius of them and affects them depending on what combination of Omens the user uses. 3 second cast time. 5 second recast.
• Astral Omen + Waxing Omen: Damages a selected target and any foe with in 5 yalms. Potency of 250.
• Astral Omen + Waning Omen: Damages a selected target and any foe with in 5 yalms and places a DoT on them for 22 seconds. Potency of 50.
• Umbral Omen + Waxing Omen: Damages a selected target and any foe with in 5 yalms and places a Slow and Heavy effect on them for 20 seconds. Potency of 30.
• Umbral Omen + Waning Omen: Damages a selected target and any foe with in 10 yalms of them. Potency of 100.

Offensive Skills (TP)
- Biquintile: Damages a selected target and places a DoT on them for 18 seconds. Potency of 40. Instant cast time. 2.5 second recast.
- Hyperbola: Damages all foes within a 5 yalm, frontal cone. Potency of 140. Instant cast time. 5 second recast.
- Azimuth: Damages a selected target and moves the caster 180 degrees around the target. Potency of 120. Instant cast time. 10 second recast.
- Fire Opposition: Damages a selected target and grants the user both an Astral and Waxing Omen. Potency of 100, Potency of 200 when used behind the selected target. Instant cast time. 30 second recast.
- Conjunction Aspect: Damages a selected target. Potency of 100, Potency of 200 when used in front of the selected target. 2. 5 second cast. 10 second recast.
- Celestial Ascension: Damages a selected target and grants an effect depending on the Omen the user has. 2.5 second cast time. 60 second cast time when the user casts this with an Omen up, 2.5 when the user casts this without an Omen up.
• Astral Omen: Damages a selected target and increases the user's Physical Damage Dealt by 10% for 20 seconds. Potency of 100.
• Umbral Omen: Damages a selected target and increases the user's Magical Damage Dealt by 10% for 20 seconds. Potency of 100.
• None: Damages a selected target. Potency of 150.
- Bhavas: Using 2 Omens, places a 5 yalm AoE where the user was standing that damages and debuffs any foe to enter for 30 seconds depending on what combination of Omens the user had while casting. A player can only have one Bhavas up at a time. 3 second cast time. 2.5 second recast.
• Astral Omen + Waxing Omen: Damages foes with in the AoE and decreases their Physical Defense by 5%. Potency of 25.
• Astral Omen + Waning Omen: Damages foes with in the AoE. Potency of 40.
• Umbral Omen + Waxing Omen: Damages foes with in the AoE and decreases their Damage Dealt by 5%. Potency of 20.
• Umbral Omen + Waning Omen: Damages foes with in the AoE and decreases their Magical Defense by 5%. Potency of 25.

Other Skills
- Celestial Retrograde: When first used, it grants the user a Waxing Omen. When used a second time, it swaps it for Waning Omen. When used repeatedly, it swaps the two. Instant cast time. 5 second recast.
- Ecliptic Phase: When first used, it grants the user an Astral Omen. When used a second time, it swaps it for an Umbral Omen. When used repeatedly, it swaps the two. Instant cast time. 5 second recast.
- Sextile: Restores a target's HP. Uses the caster's Intelligence and costs MP. Potency of 500. 2 second recast. 5 second recast.
- Trine: Resurrects a target in a weakened state. Can be used during battle without a trait. Uses MP. 8 second cast time. 2.5 second recast.
- Essential Dignity: Using 1 omen, increases one of the user's damage-types depending on what Omen the user has for 20 seconds. Instant cast time. 120 second recast.
• Astral Omen: Increases the user's Physical Damage dealt by 20%.
• Umbral Omen: Increases the user's Magical Damage dealt by 20%.
• None: Increases both the user's Physical and Magical Damage dealt by 5%.
- Medium Coeli: Using 1 omen, the user will restore either TP, MP, or HP, depending on which omen was used. Instant cast time. 60 second recast.
• Waxing Omen: Restores 30% of the user's TP.
• Waning Omen: Restores 30% of the user's MP.
• None: Restores 15% of the user's HP.
- Quincunx: Using 2 Omens, this debuff spell's effect changes depending on the combination of Omens used for 20 seconds. A target can only have one Quincunx on them. Instant cast time. 90 second recast.
• Astral Omen + Waxing Omen: Decreases the target's Physical Defense by 10%.
• Astral Omen + Waning Omen: Decreases the target's Intelligence by 20%.
• Umbral Omen + Waxing Omen: Decreases the target's Strength by 20%.
• Umbral Omen + Waning Omen: Decreases the target's Magical Defense by 10%.

Skill Levels, Cross Class, and Traits

Skill Levels
1. Locus
2. Biquintile
4. Ecliptic Phase
6. Essential Dignity
8. Celestial Retrograde
10. Medium Coeli
12. Hyperbola
*Quest* 15. Sextile
18. Conjunction Aspect
22. Quintile
26. Fire Conjunction
30. Water Conjunction
*Quest* 30. Quincunx
34. Opposing Aspect
*Quest* 35. Azimuth
38. Trine
*Quest* 40. Celestial Ascension
42. Cusp
*Quest* 45. Celestial Descension
46. Celestial Statis
50. Decan
*Quest* 50. Bhavas

Cross Class
- Biquintile
- Essential Dignity
- Medium Coeli
- Opposing Aspect

Traits
8. Enhanced Intelligence I: Increases Intelligence by 2.
14. Enhanced Intelligence II: Increases Intelligence by 4.
16. Enhanced Essential Dignity: Shortens Essential Dignity's cooldown to 90 seconds.
20. Magick and Mend I: Increases base action damage and HP/MP/TP restoration by 10%.
24. Midheaven: Increase the amount of TP/MP Medium Coeli restores to 60% and the HP restored to 30%.
28. Enchanced Locus: Adds a 50% chance that Locus will do double damage.
32. Enhanced Intelligence III: Increases Intelligence by 6.
36. Celestial Compass I: While the user is north of their selected target, their TP will restore 5% quicker. While the user is south of their selected target, their MP will restore 5% quicker.
40. Magick and Mend II: Increases base action damage and HP/MP/TP restoration by 30%.
44. Enhanced Quincunx: Shortens Quincunx's cooldown to 60.
48. Triangulate: Whenever the user lands a critical hit with Locus, Biquintile, Quintile, Hyperbola, Sextile, or Cusp, take off 5 second from Essential Dignity's, Quincunx's, Celestial Ascension's, and Celestial Descension's cooldowns.

*Notes*

I went with Astrologian versus Astrologer because that's the term they called it in 2.4's story. :B
While designing this class, I wanted to stay away from naming stars/planets because SE has yet to give up any information on the skies of Hydalen other then the moons and some sort of "Dragon Star"
Almost all of the skills come from Astronomy terms, a few geometry terms, and Celestial Stasis is from Tactics. :B
I really wanted to try and stay away from pets and/or buffing for this one because a good chunk of my ideas are either one or both of those...

I also made this classless because of Dark Knight and I figured maybe the Ishgarian jobs won't have classes.

[Mimilu]

There, all posted.

[HeroSamson]

We will probably never get different types of jobs that are different than what its setup for which is only dungeon.

Tank > healer > DPS > (support though its mixed with DPS)

FFXI it worked cause most of the stuff happened outside of the dungeons and game was made revolving around a plan of attack due to if you failed you lose pop item.

Here I don't see anything that needs other jobs you could probably beat the game with the setup we have now.

Would just be better if they did a more evolved versions of the jobs themselves and re-level for different skills

Got ninja to 50 basically rogue with Ninjutsu so basically why make new jobs just paladin > dark knight new skills > whatever tank is next

[Sholah]

This is exactly what Arcanist was originally planned to be. They changed it because that type of job doesn't fit in ARR because Yoshi is too in love with the holy trinity. He cares more about how a new player will feel coming in and seeing a complicated system than how the actual players feel.

[Mimilu]

Here I don't see anything that needs other jobs you could probably beat the game with the setup we have now.
Would just be better if they did a more evolved versions of the jobs themselves and re-level for different skills

By that logic, they didn't need to add Rogue/Ninja or plan to add Dark Knight and the other hinted at classes/jobs in Heavensward either (minus fanservice) because most people already beat the game with the original, 2.0 jobs.
Its just adding another way to play the game and grind, for variety and replayability's sake.

[Mimilu]

This is exactly what Arcanist was originally planned to be. They changed it because that type of job doesn't fit in ARR because Yoshi is too in love with the holy trinity. He cares more about how a new player will feel coming in and seeing a complicated system than how the actual players feel.

I designed this Job so that it would still fit in the holy trinity, it's a DPS, it just happens to have debuffing capabilities, like how Bard has buffing capabilities.

[Psychosamm]

I like it, its very creative. Nice idea

[HakuroDK]

Not to rain on your parade, but could this also be called "Time Mage"? I ask because all Jobs are directly named after the famed jobs of the franchise and a Time Mage would be the ideal classic job to be an astrologian.

[Mimilu]

I like it, its very creative. Nice idea

Oh thank you. >//w//>

Not to rain on your parade, but could this also be called "Time Mage"? I ask because all Jobs are directly named after the famed jobs of the franchise and a Time Mage would be the ideal classic job to be an astrologian.

But there is no time or space/gravity aspect to this job.
Astrologer does appear in Tactics (as the job from a one-time party member :B), I figured an obscure job would allow for more originality and creative liberties.
Plus, Duelle already made an Astrologer => Time Mage & Green Mage healer class/job

[Kiara1]

I would play this class