AST Wishlist for 5.0

[AvenoMatt]

I love AST and I would definitely call it my second main but I have to say that even though I do like the flexibility that comes with sects I do hate how it does feel paste on and because the dynamic of heals/shields is so important in this game it limited what AST could of been and what others healers could be. That's why I'm also in the mindset of getting rid of Sects all together and focusing more in it's cards.

As for the cards themselves, ive thinking:
Bole and Balance: Shields, same as nocturnal.
Spear and Arrow: Bonus 10% damage reduction.
Spire and Ewer: Regen, same as diurnal.

I actually like this a lot but I would do without the 10% damage reduction and instead have Bole, Arrow & Ewer all be regens and Balance, Spear, and Spire be shields. My reasoning for this is because of the cards associated elements, the former 3 being WHM associated elements make sense to be Diurnal aspected cards and the latter 3 being BLM associated elements would be Nocturnal aspected cards. Aspected Benefic and Helios would still be a part or AST's kit but would now burn your cards to apply the effects. I'd also remove their front healing and have them just apply the regen or shield. Potencies of the regen and shield would also be reduced since you want strong regens or shields then you should go with WHM and SCH respectively. AST's main focus should be it's cards and party buffing utility.

I would also like to see a new ability that allow us to swap a card for it's pair so if you pulled a Bole instead of redrawing and potentially getting one of the other 5 cards you instead would get it's pair the Balance. This would also come in handy for when you want to place a shield but pulled a Diurnal card, use the ability and boom Nocturnal card to place your shield.