Astrologian Discussion Thread: (Insert Yu-Gi-Oh! joke here)

[Enygma55]

That covers alot of the changes I would of went with. Barrier giving regen and dmg reduction was logical and so was Disable.

Didnt see that Synastry bonus tho, that is pretty badass buff.

Only one I really wanted was stance dancing but one can only wish for so much.

[Fiye]

With the changes they did. Stance dancing wasn't going to happen. But this solved every complain I had with ASTs.

-Heals are now on par with WHMs. (Outside of Aspected Helios regen. But I'll take it).
-Shields are stronger than a SCH's (Unless that shield is a Crit Galvanize), 250 potency x 1.05 = 262.5 x 130% = 341.25 potency shield. Aspected Helios is a 150 x 1.05 = 157.5 potency shield.
-I have an answer to Divine Seal
-Disable is now Virus's shorter cousin
-Arrow and Balance cards last for a decent amount
-Cooldown time reductions across the board
-Collective Unconscious actually worth the cast

Like I'm excited to see where the healing meta goes now.

[Prothescar]

Fucking wow, AST is gonna be pretty hot now.

[Jahaudant]

Too bad they all quit and spent their Eso on WHM or SCH.

Will probably have to wait until the next Alex before my team can get some AST love.

[TheDirtyHobo]

Seems like SCH+AST may be the new ideal. Slightly better direct cures and slightly less regen; the ability to buff/support DPS without having to cleric; Disable+Virus playing together much more nicely than virus+virus; Synastry being broken as fuck.

At any rate, it looks like the healer trinity is in a pretty good state now, hopefully they show PLD a little love next.

[Snoctopus]

Does the new Synastry buff include Helios now? Cuz yeah that's pretty amazeballs if it does. Would test, but headed to work.

[Kyroc]

Does the new Synastry buff include Helios now? Cuz yeah that's pretty amazeballs if it does. Would test, but headed to work.

No it doesn't

However CU gives a regen affect that stays even when you leave the bubble

[Snoctopus]

Fingers crossed that two solid months of being the worst class in the game are coming to an end.

We've done god's work in this thread, people.

[Kiarax]

Still hesitant about MP issues in Savage and it's dumb they didn't give AST MND bonus when PIE is trash, but god damn that's some nice changes.

[Tarli]

Still hesitant about MP issues in Savage and it's dumb they didn't give AST MND bonus when PIE is trash, but god damn that's some nice changes.

But doesn't the PIE bonus help alleviate the MP issues? I mean, it's not ideal, but if you have MP issues PIE isn't trash, right?

[Elcura]

Honestly came a lot faster than I expected. Those are some sexy buffs.

[Dotsudoku]

Not sure if this was known, but the regen from Collective Unconsciousness persists in motion and through action use

[Hiryo]

Not sure if this was known, but the regen from Collective Unconsciousness persists in motion and through action use

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The regen can also be dilated and CO'd.

[Rocl]

Not sure if this was known, but the regen from Collective Unconsciousness persists in motion and through action use

To expand, while standing in the CU field you get a 15s Regen effect called "Wheel of Fortune," so if the AST cancels the field you'll still regenerate HP for the duration of the buff. (The buff also refreshes duration every 3s while you're inside ofc)

Given that it's a beneficial effect you've given to someone, it can be extended as such too

[Pebe]

The regen is also extendable for another tick with celestial opposition. This should be obvious but extended arrow balance and bole now last one minute. To be honest I'm not a fan of the disable change. Its overall better yes for things like six splashes or hands slaps in as, I just feel it lost its unique feeling. Meh personal ppreference. Edit: beaten lol

[Elcura]

Both effects (regen and damage reduction) happen regardless of stance you're in (but maybe potency doesn't?). I'm in Noct Stance and getting the regen effect, so that's really nice. And because the earlier post is slightly confusing, the AST cannot move or cast without cancelling the CU field everyone else is fine.

Celestial Opposition recast is now the same as Luminiferous Aether. No reason those two can't be automatically paired.

[Hiryo]

I just feel it lost its unique feeling. Meh personal preference

I agree with you 100% here, but I think the issue was the timing for a lot of players. Throwing out the Disable mid-cast was too difficult. Now, players can spam the skill and get the same amount of overall damage reduction as they would if they saved it for a weapon skill.

[Kiarax]

On the plus side it doesn't feel like a gamble for the instant big hitters, disabling anything with a cast bar didn't require any thought but landing disable on instant cleaves like the slaps or Blinding Blade in Ravana is a crapshoot, sometimes you'll get an auto, sometimes you wont. It's hard to be unhappy with a significant buff but I would have liked the flavour of the skill a little more if they had just made it block the next 2 actions or something, but I mean, it's straight up better now so who really cares!

[Elcura]

Disable was also too inconsistent for anything that wasn't a very obvious charge move, and overall it's really strong now but...yeah I kinda wish they either gave it a shorter recast or allowed it to block 2 attacks.

[Snoctopus]

I like the disable change. Anything that takes an unreliable skill and makes it more reliable is a plus in my book.

So, to confirm with CU - We're still unable to move while the shield is up. Still lasts for 18 seconds, but each tick the regen buff is refreshed? So optimally when all was said and done, if you used CU and were able to get all ticks in, you could have a 140 potency regen that lasts for 33 seconds?

If that's true, CU's regen is 40% stronger under best possible circumstances than it already was, even with the potency loss.