Leona, I notice your pain and yes, as I said, I did when the SHB ASt came and I thought I wouldn't play the branch anymore... And no, I have to disappoint you, I still like playing the branch =D We should wait until the tooltips come. I think that we do more dmg than AST or that the DPS card has a strong push.
I'll think about it, we can become the "Endsinger" later.
In the meantime I have looked at YouTube and have now heard positive comments about the AST:
https://youtu.be/4n_d0v4QOyI?si=89SVUUAOXi-bLymo&t=417