Quote Originally Posted by MitsukiKimura View Post
Or maybe you're just so negative about the subject or any ideas towards it. Us healers or those who "Actually" play them don't feel happy with this current card system. I don't know why you come to these threads in the first place.
People like that are why we have the current card system, which most AST mains dislike very much compared to the old system with its variety that didn't always contribute directly to dps, but contributed more to our adaptability (which the class was really created for -- to be able to compliment WHM or SCH in a party setting), and more importantly contributed to our sense of being able to make any sort of group successful.

The other component of AST -- the time-related ones like buff extensions and AE stun -- were also important to the job's identity, and making us feel like we could contribute even if it wasn't through personal dps.

Folks who don't play the job, or who never played it enough to learn that "fishing for balance" wasn't as fun or productive as learning how to use the old card system, cannot fully appreciate how special AST used to be.