Shadowbringers Job Actions Trailer

[SieyaM]

So can someone help me understand the changes to the AST cards, or at least tell me what they believe is happening to them. It appears to me that since the LL said they all just increase dps just for different roles you would just chuck the cards out as you draw them. I am not sure how any other abilities would then interact with the cards you draw.

[Kalise]

So can someone help me understand the changes to the AST cards, or at least tell me what they believe is happening to them. It appears to me that since the LL said they all just increase dps just for different roles you would just chuck the cards out as you draw them. I am not sure how any other abilities would then interact with the cards you draw.

Looks like:

Draw a card

It ends up being one of 4 damage boosts for different roles.

Use card on whatever role it applies most to.

Might still have Redraw available to fish for cards.

They appear to have removed Spread and Royal Road options, as well as the timed duration of holding a particular card normally.

At least, based off the Job Action Trailer.
If not, nom the card and get a Lord of Crowns/Lady of Crowns

There also seems to be another skill that consumes active card buffs from allies.

[Vaer]

So can someone help me understand the changes to the AST cards, or at least tell me what they believe is happening to them. It appears to me that since the LL said they all just increase dps just for different roles you would just chuck the cards out as you draw them. I am not sure how any other abilities would then interact with the cards you draw.

Sleeve Draw sort of looks like Pot of Greed. Just lets you draw a bunch of cards in a row.

Each card has a symbol above it, I guess you need to collect the 3 symbols to use the galaxy trance skill. So presumably you would have to redraw if you already consumed that symbol to collect the symbols more efficiently which makes sense if they made every card a dps buff to shift more importance to the sign collection. Minor Arcana does not have any signs, so it seems like it is just another choice you can make if you draw the same symbol again if you don't want to redraw or if you have all the symbols already.

During the galaxy trance in the video it seems like the AST uses their version of indomitability (instant aoe heal). That's my interpretation of the video anyway.

[griffinborn]

Pot of Greed.

What does Pot of Greed do?

[Callinon]

What does Pot of Greed do?

Draw 2 cards

[CatStarPrime]

Astrologian got prettier, certainly. The solar system roiling about you...

[Ramesses]

Astrologian got prettier, certainly. The solar system roiling about you...

Innit? Glad there are other people who noticed.

[KageTokage]

Wonder if there's going to be a lore reason for WHM seemingly shifting to using strictly light/holy attacks instead of earth/wind.

Gameplay wise, I assume it's mostly cosmetic and done to dodge around the fact that there's no spell tier higher then -ja currently.

[Veis_Alveare]

Wonder if there's going to be a lore reason for WHM seemingly shifting to using strictly light/holy attacks instead of earth/wind.

Gameplay wise, I assume it's mostly cosmetic and done to dodge around the fact that there's no spell tier higher then -ja currently.

Or the next planned healer is Geomancer and so they're divorcing WHM from it's elemental roots.

[Kalise]

Wonder if there's going to be a lore reason for WHM seemingly shifting to using strictly light/holy attacks instead of earth/wind.

Gameplay wise, I assume it's mostly cosmetic and done to dodge around the fact that there's no spell tier higher then -ja currently.

Probably something to do with the fact that we're going to the First and fighting Sin Eaters for the expansion. Which means, a whole lot of ambient Light and not a lot of ambient Earth/Wind aether...

That and it seems that Amdapori magic, that White Magic is derived from, has more focus on Light aspected abilities - Such as Holy - As opposed to being Elemental based like Conjury is.

Like, after becoming White Mages, we start getting more focus towards Light aspected skills as opposed to continuing to getting Elemental aspected skills (Aside from obligatory upgrades to Stone/Aero) and thus this is a continuation of that trend.