Balance was balanced

[LegoTechnic]

Now it will take at least a few days for people to calculate optimal benefits of Balance vs Arrow vs Spear to find out which card is most meta.

Enjoy the calm before the storm, folks!

[Novak_04]

The nerf to it wasn't even that terrible given what we got in return. But you're right, people will find a reason to be upset over it.

[Elamys]

Now it will take at least a few days for people to calculate optimal benefits of Balance vs Arrow vs Spear to find out which card is most meta.

Enjoy the calm before the storm, folks!

i'm sure one card will outweigh the other of our 2 dps increase cards, but i feel like now at this point discarding one in an attempt to get the other would just hurt more than casting whichever one you got.

[Cupcakesu]

I'll accept the Balance nerf because now we have 3 DPS boosting options in Arrow, Balance, and Spear.
But I swear if I see other Healers complaining about AST now...

[Anastacy]

Now it will take at least a few days for people to calculate optimal benefits of Balance vs Arrow vs Spear to find out which card is most meta.

Enjoy the calm before the storm, folks!

New Spear only lasts 20 seconds, so...should be easy to determine, no?

[Seoulstar]

Now people will complain about spear..

[Novak_04]

Balance - use
Bole - use/RR
Arrow - use
Spear - use
Spire - RR
Ewer - RR/use (sometimes)

I'll be honest... RR Bole and use Spear... seems rather enticing...

[HyoMinPark]

I hope the other ASTs are happy now, they screamed for buffs so hard they got us a nerf.

The ability to discard Spreads and Royal Roads was something we already had before and was removed only due to oversight: when they changed card effects from status effects over into the new gauge.
It's not a buff to be able to even further micro-manage your cards; that's just playing the job the way it's supposed to be played, and not all ASTs are going to throw away everything just to AOE Balance every chance they get. The ASTs that do aren't playing the job correctly. Royal Road and Spread will still have their applicable cooldowns, just like they did before. Discard a bad Spread? Well, you still have to wait 30 seconds to actually hold another card.
People are still going to want Balance more than anything else. That's not going to change.

[Lunafreya]

AST main here. Not one bit mad and welcome the new and better spear!

[Warr_of_Lint]

All those roids have finally caught up to Balance and it's... erhem... shrunken a bit. Well, we're back to where we started, it was nice while it lasted.

Spear hit puberty and is suddenly popular with the boys (and some of the girls). But now she's going to be so busy with her new friends that her old friend Spire will probably start feeling lonely. That's okay Spire, just like the permanent designated driver, everyone appreciates you for your Royal Road qualities.