New AST from a New Player

[Side-Eye]

All of the old cards were actually good useful buffs. But 99% of the time only 1 of them was useful, and the others were vital at key moments but you had no ability to ensure having it when needed.

Both of these assertions are untrue.

First, 99% of the time it was possible to make use out of whatever cards were drawn.

Second, we DID have an ability to ensure that a particular buff was ready when we needed it. For example, if the tank was gung-ho on pulling wall to wall and/or wasn't quite geared well enough for the content, we could put a BOLE on hold and use that for a big pull or just before a tank buster.

I'm sorry that you didn't play the job extensively enough to learn these things before SHB. It was a blast, and one of the most engaging jobs of them all.

[Nhala_Levee]

Both of these assertions are untrue.

First, 99% of the time it was possible to make use out of whatever cards were drawn.

Second, we DID have an ability to ensure that a particular buff was ready when we needed it. For example, if the tank was gung-ho on pulling wall to wall and/or wasn't quite geared well enough for the content, we could put a BOLE on hold and use that for a big pull or just before a tank buster.

I'm sorry that you didn't play the job extensively enough to learn these things before SHB. It was a blast, and one of the most engaging jobs of them all.

Oh, finaly someone who can understand my pain. AST was the perfect class with perfect spells and a perfectly mastercrafted gauge. AST was perfect as that was in stormblood. And the devs broke it cause some kiddo dont want to use it as a real class, just want a dmg dynamo on its raids. Poor choice. >.>