Quote Originally Posted by Rahaya View Post
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This viewpoint and tone I can relate to a bit better.

Taken in the context of not wanting the cards to be considered as part of AST's core, your seeming reluctance to see the card effects buffed up makes better sense.

I can't speak for everyone in this thread, but I address the ways in which the cards are lacking because I look at cards as part of AST's core mechanic that differentiate it from the other healers. Ideally I would like to see more improvements that allow the AST to be competitive with SCH and WHM without borrowing exclusively from both of their toolboxes, and a more consistently impactful card system is one possible way to accomplish that. Simply tweaking Spire, Spear, and Ewer to provide some appreciable benefit regardless of party comp and communication level would be a huge start (I'm actually fine with Bole remaining situational or RR fodder if the other three get some attention).

I do hear your point about the low CD of Draw. Unfortunately what often happens now is that you get frequent access to buffs that you can get little or no use out of due to how the cards are designed (as above). I think your notion of the cards as separate from the core of AST is an interesting one and not without merit, but personally I do get tired of drawing Spire and Ewer when I have no need of them or having no use for Spear when it comes up after everyone appears to have blown their major CDs.