Have AST given up ?

[Mclyde]

And the worst is that the pvp gear (ilvl100-110) they made for astro doesn't match the card holder. It goes through the texture. I really don't understand why they felt like they need to make that kind of annoying accessory. It could have just been on the wrist or even compltely inexistant.

[Gaston]

I main astro +1 here

[Khyan]

They get despell like YEARS too late, and they get offended when you actually ask them to heal past what the fairy does by herself...despite being healers.

You get an aoe and instant dispell from Selene now (fey caress), and it's a lvl20 skill.

[OpheliaHeartilly]

The card holder is the the worst! It looks unnatural the way it juts out so stiffly from your waist-- and what's up with the cards being placed side by side in it? Not the best use of space by any means. If swords in this game don't have scabbards, I don't think 6 cards need one. I remember seeing prototype designs somewhere for how AST might hold the cards and it was on a wirey looking contraption that was on the wrist/arm. I feel like you can see evidence of that old concept on the AST relic hands (the sleeves). The one arm has what looks like a metal loop on it?

If the star globes weren't so awesome looking, I'd probably select the "hide weapon when sheathed option" due to that card holder. I gave up SCH for AST and haven't looked back. My static is on the last phase of AS3 with WHM/AST (noct) combo and we are doing just fine. AST is fabulous, despite a few short comings that are probably only bigger issues for inexperienced healers. It is very rewarding to play this job well.

[DiscordiaEris]

I started maining AST when 3.0 was released and main it to this day. I absolutely love it.

[Atoli]

You get an aoe and instant dispell from Selene now (fey caress), and it's a lvl20 skill.

Yes, and it can't be used more than once per minute. You know how often I get poisoned in Toto-Rak, Brayflox and the like? I get about 15 poison for every despell the SCH can use below lvl 40 (and that's assuming they use Selene at all). That, paired with the utter belief that they are a dps class and healing is solely done by the fairy, has caused me so many wipes already, it's not even funny anymore.

(then again, any healing class has their bad apples. they are just a lot more prominent with the SCHs )

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

Well, the cardholder wouldn't be bad if it wasn't pure cosmetic. Would be cool if the cards orbiting the astral globe would fly out the sheath, orbit the weapon and glide back into the sheath as you put your astral globe away. Maybe in the future.

[Khyan]

Yes, and it can't be used more than once per minute. You know how often I get poisoned in Toto-Rak, Brayflox and the like? I get about 15 poison for every despell the SCH can use below lvl 40 (and that's assuming they use Selene at all). That, paired with the utter belief that they are a dps class and healing is solely done by the fairy, has caused me so many wipes already, it's not even funny anymore.

(then again, any healing class has their bad apples. they are just a lot more prominent with the SCHs )

You made me laugh ^^

[Kabzy]

I actually am someone who gave up on AST. xD It all seemed very fun, and then I realised I love DPSing so I stuck to Scholar.

Also my healing partner is a WHM and I'm not a huge fan of Nocturnal Sect. Mitigation is not comparable to deployed Adlos. Card buffs are nice but I'd rather just DPS myself. ;D

[Fived]

I love playing the AST character, gave up my SCH for it, but I do still see quite a few AST around. It used to be that in 8 man content, there was a 50% chance the other healer was also an AST and you would have to do that "You going Di or Noc" dance at the beginning. Now it is like 20%. I think it is because even on AST, once loot and eso capped for week, I level my other classes... which I think most of the other AST are doing as well.