Thread: Astrologian 5.0 Discussion

Can we please just have the old card system back? They said to wait and try it out. I did, and it's as bsd as I thought it would be. Everything interesting about the mechanic is gone, 15s cooldown is too hectic, and individual cards have no oomph.

Revert to the old system, make Spire a direct hit buff, remove expanded RR and split Spire/Ewer between the other 2 types, and adjust card strength as balance requires. If balance fishing prepull is such a problem, give us a long CD that refreshes on wipes, and give you two Balances.

I just would like to know why did they do all this nerf? Did they listen to the ppl who wasn't familiar with the job who only did AoE Balance?
Here we are lots of astrologians complaining for this BS nerf, so idk if they will listen.
I am sad because AST was my favourite job. I was so used to it that I could almost automatically create combos depending on the party / alliance situation. I think most of us think the same and did the same.
I know it's impossible now but I'd like to see the old card system. Again, Divination is garbage, Celestial Opposition is super garbage (I thougth that it was gonna be like Assize but hell no, how wrong I was)... Still need to level up to 80 to see if I go on or completely retire my AST

Why does AST have 6 actions devoted to a simple damage up 3/6% buff?

Originally Posted by sharazisspecial

Why does AST have 6 actions devoted to a simple damage up 3/6% buff?

Why even Minor Arcanas were changed to damage buffs? Couldn't they just adjust values if they were such an issue?

The whole card system is so dull right now. Are we condemned to only have damage cards forever?

I want combination of cards, combos, versatility, fun... this is depressing.

Originally Posted by sharazisspecial

Instead of simplifying the card system they need to rework AST.

They've needed to rework AST since Day 1 when they decided it'd be a shifting shield/regen healer. I suspect it may be changed to one or the other when another healer comes out to actually fill in the other slot properly. If I had to guess, AST would go regen, new one would do something with shields. AST would still get shields via...Those two skills that let them use their shields in Diurnal Sect, but not something that would be available all the time. Heck, they could even buff the silly things a little if needed.

I've been thinking more about Astro changes. I still do enjoy the card changes and seals are cool. Any issues with potencies, durations, ranges, can be fixed very easily. I'm not worried about that. However, the more I think about our gauge/mechanics, the more I noticed that nothing changes.

We have our entire card system at LV50. And then nothing changes (significantly) all the way through LV80. Sleeve Draw barely changes anything. You just draw cards faster. From HW to SB we gained Minor Arcana which changed our cards slightly. It was interesting. But now Minor Arcana is LV50. Honestly, there needs to be something else than can be done with our cards/seals. Other jobs mechanics don't change significantly, but like they'll get a new skill that uses their resource or something that lets them manipulate it more.

I had made a thread on Twitter talking about some changes, like having new Divinations based on what seals you have (3 Solar, 3 Lunar, 3 Celestial) and giving the damage up and also Direct Hit, Crit, and Skill/Speed Speed, respectively. But my issue is that people will just find what's the "best" and use only that. And then there would be trying to make 3 unique seals comparable.

tl;dr: I think cards and seals have a good foundation, but they need more depth.