Quote Originally Posted by Mortex View Post
I stand corrected looks like minor arcana is a ogcd that gives either king or queen as a card so it’s either meh dmg or meh healing nothing too fancy
The lord returning to a form of OGCD damage is great if you ask me. The biggest issue with the Lord and the Lady in Stormblood was that the Lady felt useless in comparison. You would much prefer the DPS gained through the Lord, and because the Lady was random, you could never preplan to actually rely on it the way it was intended (and you also didn't want to sit on it or it would eat up your CD).

The Shadowbringers changes just made them feel incredibly bland. Mildly stronger versions of all the other cards? That's all they could come up with?

The return to form on the new Lord and Lady with some updates has potential to be a better mechanic now, especially since it no longer burns your regular cards.

Here are the outcomes I foresee regarding the new Lord and Lady:

1. They go back to being entirely random, which will really just bring us right back where we started. The AoE function is slightly nicer since you don't need to target, but we'll go right back to never wanting the Lady because we'll never need to plan for her.

2. They'll be determined by the last card you drew similar to how the Shadowbringers Lord and Lady function. In a way, it would make it much nicer for us to get the Lord every time, but on a design level, I'd argue that's possibly worse than them being random, because then everyone will basically just never draw the Lady.

3. The cards alternate between uses: Lord > Lady > Lord > Lady > Lord > etc... Which is, in my opinion, the best way to handle the change. First and foremost, it gives you consistency. Your damage gained from the Lord will not be randomized, and you can count on it with every other pull. Additionally, it means you actually can plan around using the Lady because you know when your Minor Arcanas will pull her.