I understand your frustration and believe me.. I've been very vocal about how AST got changed with its card abilities. 2 years of playing since before Stormblood was when AST felt amazing and fun, now it's just pure damage. You won't feel like you're contributing to anything outside of a savage/ultimate raid. Some people say it was for balance but for it to change to something like this, just feels rushed without thinking outside the box. When the expansion of 5.0 came out, AST was horribly awful. It's been receiving buffs lately but I'm still waiting on some answers about any feedback they're willing to provide for this card system. Hopefully we'll hear something in the next live letter to come out on Feb 6. We might have to be patient but hopefully good things come to those who wait.