Quote Originally Posted by ty_taurus View Post
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Aside from feeling clunky, one major draw back I see to your idea of cards on the GCD is it being tied to increased Malefic potency.

Cards now, are useless to be placed on an AST in solo content. I would even say in the old SB system they're just as useless outside of maybe Spire/Ewer. But my point is, to me it feels like I would be doing a GCD version of Astrodyne in solo content, or NIN mudras, which, to me feel awful and I want nothing to do with.

I get that there is going to be no fix for AST being miserable in solo content no matter how you spin it, but this feels like it would be worse in some instances.

For group content which is what this is mostly more balanced around, again, I still don't want GCD cards. Part of why I like AST for all its faults is the weaving. With your GCD cards, you're removing it and instead replacing it with a system that seems to feel more unfun and more importantly - clunky.