I know some people liked Noct sect and I respect their opinion on what they found most enjoyable. Hopefully they can find some fun in Sage or still enjoy the current AST.

But speaking personally, for me Noct can rot. I won't miss it one bit. It was the rubbish lower-potency noodle stance that I always resented on the rare occasions I had to use it. It was the bad player trap, the "oh, I have a WHM co-heal in this easy MSQ content, I better go Noodle Sect and spam Asp-Does-Barely-Anything". Noct is only better if you need constant shielding, which is far too rare. I hated Noct.

Personal opinion of course.