Astrologian "BUFFS"

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The problem with this is that if you make AST card buffs too powerful, it will trivialize dps checks in progression fights. This means that fights will either be always cleared with a nocturnal AST, or dev will need to balance checks keeping into account AST buffs - basically making AST mandatory.

I think it could be a perfectly fine trade to sacrifice the ability to pass heal checks to make a better (more risky) push for DPS checks. They would have to start making some content where pushing phases quickly is discouraged though...Which is kind of counter intuitive.

AST really needs some niche that they can fill. With the current tool kit, the only thing I can possibly see is mobility which is a good one but not stressed enough currently by the content.

This is an MMO built on being able to easily swap between classes freely. Even though it's heavily discouraged in other MMO's, I honestly believe that SE should build different end game fights with specific classes in mind. Create the requirement that players can cover different roles between encounters.

As it is now, it's nearly impossible for them to balance all end game content so that 3 healers will be equally desired for the 2 spots available for boss fights (at least, not without a complete re-work of all 3 classes).