Astrologian

[Nyx]

So I finally decided to give the game a try, the Astrologian class really did sell it for me, so I was wondering as to how to approach the game with becoming astrologian as my goal in mind. As I understand I need to get to lvl50 and do a certain quest before I can unlock it, but can I be any class I wish up to that point (choices are betweent he caster ones anyway) and then as soon as I finish the requirements I will be able to pick it up as a job on my current character?
Or do I need a specific class to level or make a new character at that point?

[Heyu]

Yeah, you can level up as any class. That being said you might want to take cross class skills into account. Cross class skills are skills that can be transferred from one class to another. As an Astrologian, you take cross class skills from Conjurer and Thaumaturge. Two skills you're definitely going to want to have are Swiftcast from Thaumaturge at level 26, and Protect from Conjurer at level 8.

[Nyx]

Thanks, sounds like Thaumaturge is the most reasonable class to start with then =)

[kuma_aus]

Welcome to the game Nyx!

You are kind of right Nyx. The Astrologian is a job that is from Ishgard. And in the story, Ishgard is locked off until the end of 2.X patches. So you can't get into Ishgard to unlock Astrologian until you finish off all 2.X story quests (You can ignore the side and optional quests).

There is no requirements for the job except to do the quest. This means that you can be any class you want to until you reach the end of 2.X story luckly.

However this game has something called "Cross Class Actions", where if you level up some side jobs you can add some skills to your main class.

So for Astrologian, you can Cross Class skills from Conjurer (Healer that turns into White Mage) and Thaumaturge (Damage spell caster that turns into Black Mage).

For all Cross Class skills you need a level 34 Conjurer and level 26 Thaumaturge.

Because of this, I would suggest picking one of these to level for the main story. Picking Conjurer will let you get used to healing since Astrologian is a healer class. You don't need to level them both up stright away, most people only level both Cross Class jobs after they hit 50, so I would pick one of the two, unlock Astrologian, level Astrologian to level 50 to get used to playing it, level the other Cross Class class to the level needed.

Hope this helps and isn't too confusing.

Also if you're new to the game, could you use my Friend Recruit code if you don't have one already? We both get items and it would be a great help for me.

Recruitment Code: H5K8RD5M

[Nyx]

thnx for the explanations guys, helps a lot ^^
and sure, I'll use it ;)

[la_nague]

you need to do all the story quests until you enter ishgard, then you can be astro


Story quests are the ones with a flame around them

[Tumas Altaawus]

Conjurer would be the best to start with, to unlock white mage. Not only will you learn the basics of healing on your journey to 50, but your dungeon queues will be much quicker.

[Umbra Mortalis]

Regardless of which you decide to level, essentials like "Protect", "Stoneskin" and "Cleric Stance" come from Conjurer. While "Swiftcast" comes from Thaumaturge.

If you knock off "Stoneskin" until later, you'll only need to get White Mage to level 8. "Swiftcast" on the other hand is a must from Thaumaturge and is acquired at level 26.