Leon Cross Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 Decided to save scum on astrology a bit to get some relationship maximums boosted. I'd never used it before, so I was a little shocked when I turned it on and it gave me 15 statuses. Figured it must be a glitch, so I reloaded and tried again. 15 statuses once more. Is this normal? Is there anyway to actually control what you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 Astrology gives you a bunch of stuff depending on which constellations are active (which is randomly determined at the start of the year, I believe) and how high your Luck/Astrology roll is. With the right combination you can indeed get a double-digit number of effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 Yeah, your skill deeterrmines how much you make of the active Astrological factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Cross Posted May 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 That's...pretty crazy. Like, the good stuff is pretty decent, but the bad is massive. Getting a ton of effects on a good roll is actually bad in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 It's something that wasn't implemented well. In other words, Academagia.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 I really think it has more to do with Astrology being pretty random and the player not being good enough to filter out unwanted effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 I remember asking about this before and the Legate mentioned that how the Astrology action works ingame isn't exactly how it should work story-wise, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Cross Posted May 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 "I've gotten pretty good at this whole astrology thing. Wonder if I should check some consolations to see what I'm operating under at the moment..." *Looks at stars* *Goes stark raving mad from suddenly having 15 kinds of completely random effects slam into them* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Bahaha! Yeah, the system is pretty elaborate, but it can get you in a bad place quick if you are unlucky. Not the case in Y2. As much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Cross Posted May 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 This is a case of less unlucky and more getting slammed with every possible effect if your astrology and luck is sufficiently high. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Well, Honestly, it seems to me that Astrologers in setting have the highest chance of going insane of all magic users. That random event that's a follow-on to one of the Avila stories where you look into the glowy star thing you were previously told not to, and wake up in a puddle of your own drool might just, *might just* be a sign of things to come, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyx Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Honestly, I still don't understand how Astrology works mechanically. Do you actually have a chance to prevent negative effects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Each constellation has a pre-defined series of buffs/debuffs at pre-defined levels, and whatever your Luck/Astrology roll manages to pass, you get that buff/debuff for as long as it lasts. There's no way to filer anything other than not performing the Astrology action at a location that provides a buff to it, for all the nothing that's usually worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Yeah, I generally don't find it worth it, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Cross Posted May 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 Low stat+skill and save scumming is about the only way, I think, to get solid use out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyx Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 That just feels wrong, though. At 13 Skill and 20 Attribute I should get more use out of Astrology than as a total beginner. Maybe change the constellations to have more negative effects at low levels with harder to obtain positive ones that cancel them out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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