Learning how to properly play AST

[Kacho_Nacho]

In addition to all this fantastic advice regarding your abilities, OP, I have to add my own two gil.

AST has some of the most beautiful spell effects in the game. There is no getting around it, the job is flashy.

So, make sure you step up and look the part. No bleah glamors for you!

You aren't some boring academic Scholar, or a pale clad priestly White Mage, you are an ASTROLOGIAN! You are supposed to be as grand as a Victorian Painted Lady decked out with star and moon shaped rainbow crystals!

Embrace your job and dazzle your fellow party members! It's a job requirement!