Astrologian Speculations! How will it fit in?

[Blueyes]

I don't know if it was mentioned, but I've been looking over the Astro video they showed at PAX. The starglobe is kept on the back like a PLD's shield and the cards are held on the hip (unless that's part of the Astro's outfit?). Even though the starglobe and cards go together, I think they might be considered 2 different objects. Ie, a main hand and off hand weapon. I think that's rather interesting, as PLD is the only job to have a main and off (aside from THM/BLM and CNJ/WHM when leveling, as they had a couple of one-handed+shield combos).

If they are a main and off-hand, I'm kind of curious as why they went with that approach. PLD's shields have a block rate, would that mean that the cards (I'm gonna assume they're off-hand) will have a special benefit like that, but just for Astro?

That is a good observation and you might be onto something. It is an interesting coincidence that the card holder is positioned in the same spot where a Paladin or any crafting class would sheath their weapon/tool. It's entirely possible that it could be a separate object not part of the outfit and based off some of the old sketch work they showed off at the PAX event they did have similar concepts as a means for a card holder of some sort. The design on the back of the cards match those that appear around the star globe which I would also suggest isn't a generic "placeholder" appearance considering it doesn't match the "card casting" animation. I could even see how it could play into the concept of having two stances by having players swap cards with the ones at their waist which would explain why there would always be cards visible in the card holder.

[Selli]

@Blueyes

I didn't really notice the cardholder at first because it is a really similar color to the outfit. It was the sketches of the cardholder and the colors of the globe being very different, that convinced me that they aren't considered one object (which might be wrong as Bards' quivers and bows are one).

My static Monk likes to play SCH and he said once, "Sometimes I wish my healer could have stacks like my Monk." and I always thought that was a pretty weird thing to say. Why would any healer like to start off a fight being slightly slower/less powerful? But in theory, the start of the fight is when the party is most protected (as they should have Protect, Stoneskin, and Adlo), so I can see why it wouldn't be a horrific thing. If the cards were like stacks, they would definitely be different from Cleric. The longer you do a specific action (ie DPS), the more the cards favor that action and enhance it, stacking together providing specific buffs (such as acc, crit, ect).