Astrologian Speculations! How will it fit in?

[Blueyes]

Oh yeah, despite the numerous times I've watched that short one minute video I never actually noticed it was a card holder at her waist or realized that it could be a separate object from the outfit. Though on closer inspection, I think the star globe and the card holder probably are part of a set similar to a bow and quiver. You have to look pretty close, but the blue color seen with the card holder can actually be found in small portions of the globe as a subtle ascent color alongside a similar gold tone. Granted that same blue color is also used in portions of the outfit as well, but I'm still willing to bet that the card holder is a separate object from the outfit.

[Selli]

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The matching colors might be because it's AST's AF set/weapon, not necessarily because the items are together (crossing my fingers, as I say that, lol). It'd kind of suck for gathering wise because you'd have to get the starglobe and cards/holder separately. But the fashionista in me is loving all the glamor possibilities.

And because, you know, it's totally silly to have an off-hand slot that's used for only one job end-game. That little grey space needs some love.

[Faelandaea]

I am personally hoping they renag on that. I don't want to see the kind of (unintentional) chaos a new player / MMO'r can do if they leveled Archer to 30 then unlocked Dark Knight and jumped straight into Haukke or Brayflox .-.

I agree. Players need to learn their jobs at the lower levels. It is easy for, say, a healer like myself to learn another healer role very quickly and still be good enough to be a benefit to the team. The skills may change, but the job stays the same - analyze your skills and do whatever it takes to keep the party alive. I can also DPS, so I could pick up the DPS role and do just fine . . . wait . . . that's not a good example. Anyone can DPS. Okay, so the DPS role can be picked up by any class, so omit DPS from any restrictions.

However, I do not know how to tank. I started learning a couple of weeks ago but I am in no condition to be doing level 30+ dungeons as a tank unless I am with my FC, who is being kind enough to teach me. Therefore I would want to be expected to level another tank class from the ground up before coming into this role.

SE - whatever you do - if you start tank or healer classes at level 30, PLEASE make players level a related to tanking or healing before letting them into 30+ dungeons right off the bat.

[Kuwagami]

All in all, the best level would be 20 or 25. high enough to skip the "game tutorial" dungeons, low enough to keep the "role tutorial" dungeons that are halatali and toto-rak. 5 levels should be enough to get the most basic things down (spam flash derp) before the real deal in haukke

[Raminax]

There's a tiny bit of information in this interview here...

What I got from it:
- Card selection sounds random. Or, considering that you apparently need quick reflexes, you might be spinning a wheel and the same reflexes will help you in picking the Card you want.
- Cards will seem to mostly be about buffs and supporting your party (more buffs, or debuffs on enemies?).
- Cards can be stockpiled instead of being used up immediately, perhaps allowing for some fancy combination spells!

[TheMunimai]

There's a tiny bit of information in this interview here...

What I got from it:
- Card selection sounds random. Or, considering that you apparently need quick reflexes, you might be spinning a wheel and the same reflexes will help you in picking the Card you want.
- Cards will seem to mostly be about buffs and supporting your party (more buffs, or debuffs on enemies?).
- Cards can be stockpiled instead of being used up immediately, perhaps allowing for some fancy combination spells!

Darnit! Came here just to post the link to the interview and make my observations! You beat me to it ^^

Im glad they finally released some info, even if it is small about Astro!

[Sanguisio]

I think they may focus on HOTs, potential a little buffing like brave, faith etc.

[TheMunimai]

I think they may focus on HOTs, potential a little buffing like brave, faith etc.

With the new info, people are beginning to suspect they may play similar to corsair from FFXI mixed with actions similar to ninjas mudras.

[AmewKitsune]

With the new info, people are beginning to suspect they may play similar to corsair from FFXI mixed with actions similar to ninjas mudras.

I was thinking about the same thing (ninjas) when "stocking cards to make some fancy combinations" was mentioned. Hopefully it's not stupid like sleghting in KH:CoM.

[Ghishlain]

I was thinking about the same thing (ninjas) when "stocking cards to make some fancy combinations" was mentioned. Hopefully it's not stupid like sleghting in KH:CoM.

This actually makes me wonder if we could build our own AST decks, have a few decks saved, and pick a deck specific for a dungeon or raid. That's probably WAAAAY too much development work, but is an interesting thought.