First time playing Astrologian... need some advice/tips

[Cleftobismal]

some notable fights i recall using synastry almost every time are sophia ex, A11 during that mess of aoes after lapis phase, A12 basically all the time, and both nidhogg nm/ex.

If you are confident you can heal mechanics like nidhogg ex and a12 swithout synastry then do so. It's wise to save it during a "Oh Sh-" than using it all the time. I grind my teeth when I make that mistake and know I could of saved the party if I saved Synastry for something I really needed it for. lol


Keeping up with the HPS requirement is fine and all. But do remember we are playing with fellow humans behind the screen. It's amazing to have a healer that can keep their party members alive after their mistake has been made.

[ChiiSoSeriouz]

If you are confident you can heal mechanics like nidhogg ex and a12 swithout synastry then do so. It's wise to save it during a "Oh Sh-" than using it all the time. I grind my teeth when I make that mistake and know I could of saved the party if I saved Synastry for something I really needed it for. lol


Keeping up with the HPS requirement is fine and all. But do remember we are playing with fellow humans behind the screen. It's amazing to have a healer that can keep their party members alive after their mistake has been made.

Synastry should be treated like divine seal and used as frequently as possible while planning it's availability for healing intensive mechanic damaging abilities. Since having an ast in the party typically means an absence of a white mage it can also be used when a dark knight activates living dead and the debuff is proc'd, or when wanting to heal two targets simultaneously since cure 3 is absent as well.

[Cleftobismal]

Synastry should be treated like divine seal and used as frequently as possible while planning it's availability for healing intensive mechanic damaging abilities.

*Whistles

Depends. If you know you can use it a few times before a boss, it doesn't hurt. It's also nice to use if you have another target that keeps getting pelted.

*Blows on Tissue

I mostly use it though in one of Four situations:

Burst heal a tank from rapid Tank busting damage.

Where burst aoe heal is required. (Sophia EX Aoe spamming 4 times on party members who are affected by vulnerability stacks)

Popping it on a tank while I save a healer trying to dodge so the tank won't miss out on needed hps.

Making the regen ticks stronger on Dirunal regens and Collective unconscious when it's needed.

*Wipes Nose

If you are confident you can heal mechanics like nidhogg ex and a12 swithout synastry then do so. It's wise to save it during a "Oh Sh-" than using it all the time. I grind my teeth when I make that mistake and know I could of saved the party if I saved Synastry for something I really needed it for.

Not sure if were on the same page.

[technole]

Some of you guys forget Swiftcast exists, and guess what? It's a 60s cooldown. That is why I mention turning off lightspeed instead of wasting the recast and dps loss. Swiftcast a Gravity. Be bold. You have options that don't involve wasting resources.

Synastry isn't designed as an oh-snap cooldown, it should be used proactively as mechanics dictate. Just like Divine Seal, only better. (do you have to heal two targets somewhere, like A12S or Nidhogg Ex with the adds). Sitting on a cooldown over the period where it could have been used more than once is in a sense wasting the skill. Just like tanks that "save" defensive cooldowns and end up with too little migration forcing more work on healers. Rather then optimize their rotation if they use one of their best cooldowns early-on they will get 2 uses instead of 1. Or like a a lot of pugs, none.

[Cleftobismal]

Some of you guys forget Swiftcast exists, and guess what? It's a 60s cooldown. That is why I mention turning off lightspeed instead of wasting the recast and dps loss. Swiftcast a Gravity. Be bold. You have options that don't involve wasting resources.

i'm not turning off light speed to cast one instant gravity when I can cast more than that if the fight requires me to be on my feet. Ghishlain pretty much explained the optimal and not so optimal use of it above. ^ I also would never use swift cast at a boss in case someone died.

[Cynfael]

I used to be guilty of sitting on CDs in casual content until I realized that the "oh shit" moments for which I had been saving them pretty much never happened. Since then I use my CDs liberally provided it makes sense to do so.

In more difficult content it's a good idea to plan and coordinate CD use, but in average content I would err on the side of not letting CDs go to waste.

[Ghishlain]

I actually did not really do anything to that effect of stating when is optimal usage of Lightspeed.

I just stated why any DPS spell with Lightspeed up is a sub-optimal maneuver and also stated that if I happened to have Lightspeed up at a time where I need to do a movement mechanic, I'll probably just keep it up and fire a DPS spell out for the sake of simplicity, even knowing it was sub-optimal. However, the better maneuver in this case is to cancel Lightspeed, use Swiftcast, and fire your spell.

To be honest, in any serious tier fight, Healer's should be mapping out their CDs for optimal usage which would include for times where you're optimally using Lightspeed to get past heal checks then moving back into a position to DPS without Lightspeed up to maintain optimal use of the CDs and DPS up times.

[Cleftobismal]

TLDR: To OP. Everything is situational if you're understanding our debates. Bwahahahaahahaha

Fun class isn't it? :>

[Mikaeus_The_Lunarch]

exactly. im not gonna intentionally dig for an aoe bole pre pull, but sometimes it's what you're dealt. quite a few cards have more uses than i previously gave credit for. like i've been recently giving ewers to SMNs to continue their ruin III spam.

the only inherently detrimental combo imo is aoe ewer/spire. not only will people straight up not feel any effect, it's a waste of a combo. i say it's a waste since you have to wait at least a full minute for another combo