Quote Originally Posted by Nimloth View Post
However, the card system is just a mess and needs a rework, it's difficult to achieve proper optimization with the class due to the way the card mechanic functions. That being said my complaint in this post doesn't even address some of the problems I and other people have with the cards which lie in its simplistic nature.

I plan on switching to SCH next week, it's no longer worth the headache to deal with cards and somehow get my oGCDs out. I really don't understand how anyone could like the current system, particularly based on how clunky the card system is, but this thread has shown that some people like it for some reason. I'm really disappointed with SE, AST use to be one of my favorite classes to use, but I can't play it in its current state.
I do wonder if a lot of what we liked about the old card system was the fact that the RNG meant you couldn't optimize it. You had to improvise, and surf it, and lots of folks couldn't deal with that and turned into Balance fishers.

RNG bad, RNG horrible! How come so many people took up Dancer, then? It got MCH's proc RNG, and with nothing to help buffer the chances. Is it because they're able to go with the flow?