New AST from a New Player

[ForteNightshade]

Fishing for cards sounds less like an inherent issue and more a natural outcome of a mechanic designed around RNG. Wanting to draw a Balance seemed par for the course, but like with anything chance-based, shouldn't the desired outcome be considered a reward and not a necessity?

Relying so heavily on a single outcome of six just sounds like setting oneself up for frustration, as opposed to anticipating the possibilities the next Draw may bring to the current situation. A bit of an unfair statement, but if people are so focused on consistency there are other jobs that may be more to their satisfaction, which I only mention because AST did not need to be that job.

At most, tools to mitigate unfavorable outcomes like Redraw should have sufficed. The changes just seem so heavy-handed and unwarranted.

Unfortunately, I think the dev team overreacted to a very small amount of complaints. Astro's only major problem was its sheer dominance over White Mage due to its utility. I won't speak for everyone but I almost never saw people decrying the old card system on either here or reddit. You'd see some mentions about Arrow but that was about it.

People forget illusion of choice isn't always a bad thing. Getting Balance felt rewarding because it was RNG. Without said RNG... the cards feel far less impactful because, well, it's the same thing every single time. And people always point out you now have to think about burst windows and etc. No, you actually don't. Assuming everyone is of comparable skill level, you will always prioritize BLM/MNK outside the opener. If you don't have a MNK? Go down the list from SAM, DRG, NIN.