How could you do this to AST?

[Teraluna]

Because if you were playing Diurnal, or even AST itself, properly, it wouldn't be? My friend mains AST and is pretty damn good at it. Wanna know what virtually 99% of her MP goes into? Malefic/Gravity. In dungeons, she barely even looks at my HP bar and in raids/trials, ED and Star do almost all the work with the occasional regen if needed. There is no denying Diurnal is simply better.

We can carry on arguing this is better than that, oh not it's not, oh yes it is etc. Whatever your feelings about the current situation, we're faced with incoming changes. No idea of course about the details, which is where the devil resides so the wise saying goes.
Faced many class adjustments in different games over the years. It comes down to a couple of choices when these changes happen - stop playing the class/game or adapt to the changes.

That's not to say the forums should be quiet when these changes are introduced. Constructive feedback will help with anything new - with the emphasis on constructive. We will just have to wait and see.