Has anyone quit healing?

[KittenMittens]

The point is to allow BLM, SAM, and the other big dps classes to see bigger numbers.

Also to allow for a buff-fantasy, for those healers who prefer the flavour of buffing others over doing their own damage, because it gets better with the healer fantasy.

Mechanically it offers little-to-nothing to the AST themselves.

A buff-fantasy is wonderful, but Astrologian currently does not offer this in any meaningful way. The current design of cards makes it difficult to see any impact the damage from the cards / Divination bring with its short 15s duration. Where is the other utility? While damage is ideal in most situations, the other cards previously had niche uses beyond that when timed correctly.

Regardless of what kind of buffs Astrologian can offer, why is it alright for the job to be so homogenous to White Mage that it boils down to 'WHM with cards'? I feel like the developers changed and removed what set Astrologian apart when they should have focused instead on its glaring similarities to an already existing job.