Astrologian Speculations! How will it fit in?

[LycorisSelunis]

Somewhere I heard something about a reading of the 3.0 patch notes at E3 ( I think it was at the end of the last live letter they mentioned this) so That should include all the new spells/actions/everything for the new/existing jobs, right?

edit-I just realized the actual dates for E3, so it would be RIGHT before early access....down to the wire as it were.

[Nadirah]

Sounds like AST is getting Beacon of Light.

WoW Paladin spell. Transfers % of all healing done to target of beacon.

[Kaidus]

What cross-class skills do you think Astrologian will need?

[Kuwagami]

swiftcast, protect, stoneskin. The others are luxury, up to you to choose. Just like SCH

[UOdhn]

swiftcast, protect, stoneskin. The others are luxury, up to you to choose. Just like SCH

I would probably grab Surecast in there as well. It's useful in its own way.

[Blueyes]

So a new blog entry was posted with that included an image of Astrologian along with 24 action icons on the hotbar.



I'm not sure how much information can be taken from the above image, but someone did point out that there are three actions with an MP cost in the four digit numbers. One of which appears to cost just over 2000 MP. Though that might not be that strange considering the MP cost of Black Mage spells are a little over triple what they are at level 50 (when idle). The most expensive spell on the list is probably Ascend with the other two likely being AoE heals.

Also I don't think all Astrologian actions are shown in that picture. Assuming they have close to the same number of total actions as the exciting jobs, by level 60 they should have a few on a third hotbar.

Actually I'm pretty sure all actions being shown on each job's hotbar are displayed in the same order they are learned. Using White Mage as a point of comparison, their first few spells go Stone, Cure, Aero, Cleric Stance, Protect, Medica, and Raise. If you go across the first hotbar for Astrologian the icons and associated MP costs seem to follow that pattern with the 7th action on the list being the most expensive.

Insert speculation that could easily be inaccurate:

Row 1:
Offensive Spell
Benedic
Offensive Spell
Draw
Lightspeed
Helios
Ascend
MP Restore?
Detriment
???
???
Dirunal Sect

Row 2:
Nocturnal Sect
Benedic II
Shuffle
Disable
Spread
Wheel of Fate
Royal Road
???
???
Synastry
???
???

I still speculate that there is another AoE heal aside from Helios and Wheel of Fate considering the way the latter of the two has more recently been described as an Asylum/Sacred Soil type ability, but until a source explicitly states that there is another AoE heal spell I'll assume it's just those two.

[LycorisSelunis]

I think the 4th one with no mp cost might be the diurnal/nocturnal icon

[Blueyes]

I think the 4th one with no mp cost might be the diurnal/nocturnal icon

I'm actually more suspicious of that one being Draw. I'm of the opinion that card use should be a central part of the job that we see used as early as the first dungeon and thus learned early on, similar to Summon. (Going off the assumption that the actions are in order.) When I look at the fourth icon in particular it looks like a plain, unassuming icon that I can imagine changing to something more vibrant and colorful to represent the drawn card similar to the icon for Ninjutsu.

Most of the other icons look too stylized, in my opinion, to be a representation of the Draw action with the exception of one of the darkened icons. There are four darkened icons, one of which appears to be the action being used (Lightspeed) and I am assuming the other three are the three actions that can only be used after a card has been drawn. (Shuffle, Spread, and Royal Road.) Through process of elimination I most suspect the fourth icon to be the Draw action.

[LycorisSelunis]

Well I think I recall hearing draw was a lvl 30 action but That makes good sense. Though the 3rd 5th icon in to top row looks a lot like they have a card, so yeah probably some of thse other draw-related spells. These icons too small T^T

Only thing is though I can't see why you'd have 2 icons for sect and not one. I mean, can you even be in neither?! Would make more sense like a toggle switch.

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

Only thing is though I can't see why you'd have 2 icons for sect and not one. I mean, can you even be in neither?! Would make more sense like a toggle switch.

Same logic with paladin's Sword Oath and Shield Oath :P