Thread: First week of 5.05, healer performance for E4S

I have a feeling the lack of Astrologian here is because of what was seen before Shadowbringers release, and as EaMett has said, what people had decided to main because of that. Anyone who avoided playing Astro because of potency and numbers will soon be catching back up and switching if that's all they cared about.

I was main Astrologian (albeit for very little because I'm fairly new) and switched to Dancer because they pretty much removed the RNG and flavor and gave it to the Dancer, whom also has the support aspect. Sucks because I want to heal, but am kind of realizing now that those cards carried a lot of my enjoyment for the class, along with Earthly Star and the old Celestial Opposition/Time Dilation (and somewhat Horoscope now). The cards felt like a fun, unique thing in a genre that can feel very bland and trite these days.

With the 5.05 buffs I haven't felt weak but the cards are a chore now, because using any particular card just amounts to some damage. Until they stop being a chore and I can actually be excited to use them, Astro will more than likely stay as a secondary job for me, even if it becomes the new hotness from buffs.

Originally Posted by Hasrat

Probably not the place for this particular topic, and I'm no healer main anyway, or high end player, or anything of the sort. But. Couldn't it be argued that the old cards really just amounted to "some damage" after a fashion? More crits, faster attacks, damage, defense leading to less healing leading to more personal damage. New system just dumps the middle ground and delivers the damage itself.

Idk. You're not wrong in that the feeling isn't the same. Just devil's advocating here.

The new cards are straight damage buffs. No other changes (obviously). The old cards gave you a CHOICE. Do you want to throw this arrow on that BLM and make them blast faster. Or do you want to throw this Arrow on yourself or your co-healer and let them throw out heals faster (as needed). Do you want to throw this Spear on that BRD/MNK and let them go off with crits. Or do you want to RR for double the duration on the next card?

Those people who were balance fishing were only looking for straight optimization and probably groups so well tuned that they didn't need a ewer to restore a dead caster's mp or they didn't need a Bole to help the tank (or another non-optimized player) survive a hit.

Edit: But yea.. this probably off topic. I stop now.