Things I'm starting to hate on AST

[SovereignAegis]

Yes some people want to change how a job works and remake it into something else. Some people want it to have potency boost and white mage level healing cooldowns. You bring the white mage for the pure burst healing and the scholar for its utility and mitigation. You bring the astrologian for its damage improving buffs and its versatility. You seem to have an issue with the astrologian filling that niche which it does and yes it will receive more fixes but please do not get your hopes up because the healing and buffs are what is fine about the job. It is the range of cards to an extent and the fact we lost our ability to be versatile in combat

And you can expect people to take you seriously when you think its a bad idea that white mage can outheal astrologians in oh shit situation? Sorry but that does not fly when you go from drama on the forums to actually playing the game.

Most of us don't want it to become a scholar/WHM clone. Most of us want the card system to be emphasized further.

The thing is the card's utility that are brought PALE in comparison to what a WHM/SCH can do utility AND healing wise. AST cards are not strong enough to justify taking it over a WHM or SCH who have guaranteed and potent effects. Both get e4e and virus for instance(whm only deals with physical, thankfully that is the ridiculous majority of the damage), WHM can just dps more because they have a lot more healing power going out than AST can make through sheer potency domination. Scholar's Selene buff is a GUARANTEED (although slightly less potent) spread arrow every minute for 30 seconds.

Am I saying nerf SCH/WHM? OH HELL NO.

But make AST different than them and emphasize that difference. We should rejoice in the differences and embellish upon them. At present though the difference is NOT strong enough to justify taking it in more difficult content over other proven and guaranteed utility through WHM and SCH.


Furhtermore it is cluttered with useless garbage skills like: disable, celestial opposition, and their useless self-stunning dome (collective unconscious) that I find a pitiful joke after playing WHM where I throw down Asylum and forget about it. I'm not even going to be nice about it, these 3 skills are utter garbage. Right up there with Scholar's fairy killing dissipation ability. Hell even Gravity is a cheap knockoff of Holy because it lacks a stun. Trying to do the Vault on AST after doing it on WHM is jarring because that AOE stun is INSANELY useful and noticeable. Also stella is garbage, pretty but useless.