Thread: Patch 3.4 - Soul Surrender

So I only reached 3.0 content last night (Got the game at launch on PS3, played for a month, then stopped playing till about 8 months ago or so, then played on and off since, been power playing the past month to try and finally reach 3.0 and get all the yokai weapons, which I got ) I main Warrior and Ninja, though I dabble in all since I'm the cat of all trades, but I have been really looking forward to playing the Astrologian, since it looked really cool and wanted something different from the other 2 healers. It seems I am coming in right with a massive buff for them.

How big exactly is this buff, and before I was readion the regen stance was best, but with all those buffs to nocturn, will it be better? What else should I really be excited for for these Astro buffs

Originally Posted by Griffey

The buffs are mainly to improve nocturnal stance, since it was kinda lacking compared to diurnal. Astro should be a pretty good off-healer now, not as good as sch (that's a lofty goal) but still better than it was.

Also the cards get some significant buffs. The new balance gives a 20% damage up buff to single target and 10% aoe. With the right abilities you can give someone a minute long Raging Strikes. That's hot.

I was seeing that said a lot in some how to Astro videos I was watching today. Play they made it even with the other.

I still only have the first stance, but I hope to get to 50 fast. I have been excited for this class for awhile and reall want to try everything of for it. So with Stoneskin and this new Shield buff, how much damage can you theoretically prevent?

Yeah I saw those buffs too, and That does seem insane for a minute long 30% extra damage, or 10% damage reduction for the whole team for 45 seconds or so.

Stone skin gives a shield worth 10% of the targets HP, so if you have 10000 HP the stoneskin would absorb 1000 damage before breaking.

Aspected benefic gives you a shield worth 130% (make that 170% in 3.4!) of your heal, so if you healed someone for 1000 HP the shield would absorb 1300 damage. I think aspected Helios does 120% going up to 150% in patch.

As I said before for casual content like dungeon runs, stick with Diurnal, since regens are really efficient healing tools and probably easier to use whilst you are learning the job.

That is a lot of shield.

Yeah i wanna take my time and learn the class, since it seems very fun, and wanna be good at it. Kinda like how I love the warrior and made sure to try and get good with it as I leveled it(Warriors are so fun) Though I am not sure where to best level them. Ninja I just did story and roulettes, Warrior same but with yokai grinding and also the palace, but not sure if I wanna risk palace yet until I am better... and I am a bit tired of fate grinding after so much yokai weapon grinding haha