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[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

Mainly gonna say this:

Just because AST has a few Time Mage esque elements remaining like Gravity (Time Dilation and Arrow "Haste" being removed) and parts of the Lore of Sharlayan Astrology indicating time-related elements, does NOT mean that Time Mage is not an option anymore.

For all we know they might rip out Gravity and replace it with another name + animation (Art of War after removal of Miasma II says hello) just to give it to another job (like blood bath going from WAR to melees).

TL;DR - Time Mage is still possible, stop saying "AST is basically Time Mage"

[ReiMakoto]

Mainly gonna say this:

Just because AST has a few Time Mage esque elements remaining like Gravity (Time Dilation and Arrow "Haste" being removed) and parts of the Lore of Sharlayan Astrology indicating time-related elements, does NOT mean that Time Mage is not an option anymore.

For all we know they might rip out Gravity and replace it with another name + animation (Art of War after removal of Miasma II says hello) just to give it to another job (like blood bath going from WAR to melees).

TL;DR - Time Mage is still possible, stop saying "AST is basically Time Mage"

A very simple work around for this is just to call time mages gravity magic demi instead. Having it cast hastes, demi and comet would differentiate it enough from ast in terms of gameplay, the lore wise make them another allagan school of magic (we know already gigi/vivi from hildebrand is an allagan time mage, plus i always head canoned Xande from CT is a time mage as he uses Quake Gravity and Comet, all of which being time magic from various games, expanding on this time mage could use a floating scepter as their weapon.)