Thread: Astrologian 5.0 Discussion

AST right now playing like sh...t.
It`s a first and one "support for support" type. Secondary heal, AST loose all fun and consist only from suffer and frustration. He can`t heal, can`t dmg and his buffs is unnoticeable. Celestial Opposition with - 2 min cooldown with 100 potency? Yoshi are you serious? Fully unusable in Noct sect btw. Gravitation - just Holy without stun ? Why you ruin all that was fun in AST and weaken the rest? You make a AST in HW and 2 add-ons you just can`t imagine what to do with it? Cast AST away form the game - it`s be a better solution compare to what you did.
And 4 those, who yelling "Naaaa, in the past it was all fish-a-balance game". Now its a fish-a-last-seal game. And you know what ? It`s way less funny.

Originally Posted by Immaril

And 4 those, who yelling "Naaaa, in the past it was all fish-a-balance game". Now its a fish-a-last-seal game. And you know what ? It`s way less funny.

Agree to that. Take a look at your hotbars. See that number over Redraw? Your gonna do that a lot.

Shield Stance AST is so more useless than ever now, I haven't left heal over time sense the release and my realization that the stance was total crap. The big problem with the buffs is the time, 15 seconds is not enough for people to take note of the buff they just got to take full advantage of in a dungeon or raid, meaning wasted time and card draw for a 15 second buff. The same also applies to the party wide AOE heals and shields, again 15 seconds is not enough, there is SOOOO much that can happen in 15 seconds, 30 was fine as it was but 15 is like taking your face to a belt sander.

I main AST, but after I get it to 80, chances are that ill probably hop on over to the WHM band wagon as it seems they got the better of the changes in 5.0. Time and time again AST has been nerfed, first it was the shields, then the cards, and now in 5.0, this... Seriously SE, fix this crap, please > ~<!

What makes me sad is mostly how even if they fix Astrologians stat-wise, the job will stay ruined in terms of fun factor until 6.0 or later.

Originally Posted by Xelanar

What makes me sad is mostly how even if they fix Astrologians stat-wise, the job will stay ruined in terms of fun factor until 6.0 or later.

Yep. Big part of the reason why I bounced from it, tbh. For me admittedly, the job hadn't been fun to play for quite a while (mostly due to how poorly conceptualized the Sect aspect was), but the 5.0 changes only solidified that feeling. The devs haven't had a clue what to do with this job since it was released, and while I stuck it out because I love the aesthetic (stars, tarot, time magic) I just couldn't stomach it anymore.

I think it was Sebazy who said that for all the devs seem to take inspiration from other games and genres, they really needed to do so for healers and look at what makes them interactive, rewarding, and fun.

Originally Posted by Alistaire

Well, it's also so trigger-happy people don't accidentally use cards on themselves. I've done it on occasion and even if I didn't, play is fine, it's all the other stuff...

Agreed. There is nothing wrong with Play. In SB, the timer not starting until you actually use/burn/spread a card was one of my biggest gripes with the job. Spread had a similar issue as well, but that's gone now. If it wasn't for Play, my AST would probably still be collecting dust. I am definitely enjoying 5.0 AST as of right now.