Astrologian misconceptions

[TatoRazzino]

This is the case with all of the new jobs, and its happening because all of them are edging out another job of their type under specific circumstances.

I main DRK and I have been trying really hard to stamp out misconceptions and misinformation everywhere I find it but its still out there. Yoshi P did say that DRK/AST/MCH are all "advanced" jobs and have a much lower skill floor/higher skill ceiling than those before them. They all have niches. My raid group actually has all 3 new jobs in it. (DRK/WAR/WHM/AST/DRG/NIN/MCH/BLM) DRK is almost rendering PLD obsolete in the MT department as they can bring pretty much WAR-level deeps in that position and still survive everything, with less situational utility to boot. In a group with only 1 caster and very DPS-heavy tanks MCH is a big raid-DPS boon, and their burst is no joke. Not to mention they have just about every utility imaginable.

And AST... I love my AST. Honestly, I feel like the healer that needs help is WHM. Its extremely lacking in party utility and a raid group with MH AST and OH SCH brings incredibly high raid utility. AST pairs well with either one. People nitpick its basic healing/DPS abilities but I will tolerate any of them being weaker than counterparts on WHM/SCH because those cards are no. fucking. joke.

AoE Balance and Arrow are epic raid boosts, especially in a comp like mine where we've got Storm's Eye, Disembowel, Battle Litany, Trick Attack, and Hypercharge we have raid DPS utility out the ass and back in again. Only with Fairy buffs could we have more, and our WHM is such a beast at her job we're not about to make her switch. But AST is not a bad job by any means. Harder to play? I'd imagine so. But the utility it brings in the hands of a good player is incredible.

Oh, and when I get an Arrow with Blood Weapon up my GCD is like 1.9 seconds. I become Sonic The Edgelord. I may be somewhat biased :3

I said to my raid group that I was considering switching to WHM for A3S progression and the four DPS in the group screamed THE F**K YOU ARE, WE WANT CARDS! in voice chat. It was very nice to see that all the effort I put in learning their rotations wasn't wasted; they notice my cards, and that's the biggest concern of every AST. For my group at least, it pays off, and whenever I run content (like Thordan) as WHM, the overall DPS loss is noticeable, so the group is more comfortable with the SCH having to drop Cleric every now and then to use Indomitability than it is with me being able to handle all AoE damage by myself.