The positive Astrologian thread!

[Sidra]

Aspected Benefic in Noct Stance - 525 potency instant cast with shield - so useful.

[Donarudo]

I am going to take this time to post to this thread. I have been running as an Astro since June 19th and as far as I can say I have had much fun with this job. I started out thinking it was tough to be an Astro, and today I look back on the first trial and error days of Astro and now believe I have this job on lock down so to speak. My over heal is somewhere in the 15% to 20% range.

I can keep up with every WHM/SCH I group with and often times am healing much better then they are. I have the card system figured out and while it is rng based it is highly useful in every single aspect in terms of every single piece of content I have come into contact with. I do not run out of mana even on the toughest fights. Often times I find myself dps'ing as my HoTs are more then enough to keep up with every single bit of content this game has to throw at us in terms of healing.

I can always account for bad dps and cover up the mistakes they make....I have brought many groups from the brink of failure, and I run a static with an astro/astro - drk/drk setup and we do just as well as any of the normal static comps out there. I should also note while it is easy to heal Astr/drk was the first to solo heal/tank RavEx. With that being said much of the feedback I have seen in regards to Astro healing is sub par at best. There is no indication in anyway shape or form that would suggest that astro's are not viable healers for the hardest content in this game (ie: savage)

So for those of you who are Astros to the core...stick with it. Deal with the you suck as an astro stuff, and ignore the WHM's/SCH's who say you are not a real healer or just back up. If anybody is interested in working with me, come to Balmung and I will prove every negative theory you have about Astro wrong.

tl:dr
Astro is fine and this is just my positive feedback in regards to Astro (keyword: opinion)

[Cynfael]

Negative threads aren't about hate, but tweaks.

Yep. I really enjoy AST and want to see it become truly competitive with its peers; many other players appear to feel the same way. Hence why the majority of feedback in other threads is constructive rather than negative.

[Cynfael]

I can keep up with every WHM/SCH I group with and often times am healing much better then they are. I have the card system figured out and while it is rng based it is highly useful in every single aspect in terms of every single piece of content I have come into contact with. I do not run out of mana even on the toughest fights. Often times I find myself dps'ing as my HoTs are more then enough to keep up with every single bit of content this game has to throw at us in terms of healing.

I can always account for bad dps and cover up the mistakes they make....I have brought many groups from the brink of failure, and I run a static with an astro/astro - drk/drk setup and we do just as well as any of the normal static comps out there. I should also note while it is easy to heal Astr/drk was the first to solo heal/tank RavEx. With that being said much of the feedback I have seen in regards to Astro healing is sub par at best. There is no indication in anyway shape or form that would suggest that astro's are not viable healers for the hardest content in this game (ie: savage)

- What you describe is simply called "being a skilled healer (player)." It has nothing to do with how AST compares to the other healers. No one has argued that AST lacks the basic healing toolkit necessary to get the job done; the criticism is leveled because that toolkit is noticeably less powerful and versatile than what SCH and WHM bring.

- Again, it was nice that DRK and AST did a Ravana solo tank/heal, but we're talking about a fight without a lot of challenge (assuming that your party knows the fight, of course). This doesn't mean much.

- I suspect that ASTs actually would be proven to be "viable" in Savage even without further tweaks, but that doesn't mean that SCH and WHM might not be able to offer the same viability with the addition of things like greater emergency utility.

I'm all for celebrating the fun of AST and which parts already work well, but I think it's important to acknowledge where it could stand improvement.

[Donarudo]

- Reply.

Thanks for the feedback, I really do value your comment.

[Rashammel]

I love AST, but a thing I hate about the class is I can't use this gear:
http://i.imgur.com/Bekxh3p.png

[Jaster_Reylu]

I love AST, but a thing I hate about the class is I can't use this gear:
http://i.imgur.com/Bekxh3p.png

i expect the soon-to-arrive AF gear to look like that

[basketofseals]

I love AST, but a thing I hate about the class is I can't use this gear:
http://i.imgur.com/Bekxh3p.png

I'm also sad they didn't give us that dress made of books either.

[RichardButte]

I am tired of seeing all the negative threads for this great job.

Constructive criticism ≠ negativity.

And if AST needs a "defense force", than it's in worse shape than any of us believed...

[Talia_Hailwind]

Just hit level 50, made myself the upgraded vortex weapon HQ, best glamor imo.