Quote Originally Posted by Side-Eye View Post
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.
Exactly how I feel about it. If they honestly can't make up their minds, then why not give us the option to choose between what divining deck we want? It would allow the parsers to keep their balance deck and we could have our fun back with our old deck just with a few minor nerf changes to the balance card, shire to direct hit and etc? With the way classes are getting buffed with their DPS, its literally all about how fast you can kill it. I don't see how that's fun, I honestly don't.