about AST rework

[KanataNanaya]

This is the reason so many people avoid AST. I can not count how many times a new player tried playing AST to only say "I can't remember all the cards it's too confusing" and then go back to playing White Mage.
The idea of having 6 cards is always going to be overwhelming to new players and with the rework having 3 different play buttons I'm surprised that CBU3 didn't make it so as they leveled from lvl 30 to lvl 50 they slowly unlocked a new play button (essentially getting 2 new cards) every 10 levels or so for new players to slowly learn.

and that's how it should be. They wanted something simple, they can play WHM, a job was made to be simple and relaxing.

[Zrei]

and that's how it should be. They wanted something simple, they can play WHM, a job was made to be simple and relaxing.

Exactly! Not every job should be the same difficulty. I always love that AST rewarded me for putting in more effort than something like WHM.
I get the feeling that these types of changes to AST are not geared towards AST players though...

[ThorneDynasty]

and that's how it should be. They wanted something simple, they can play WHM, a job was made to be simple and relaxing.

The problem is that SE (and some players, it seems) firmly believe in "participation rates", i.e. you aren't allowed to have your niches, it needs to be homogenized to hell until the number of players between any two job is as close to 1:1 as possible.

So, even if you prefer mint over vanilla and are sitting there enjoying your ice cream bothering no one, screw you. They aren't going to ask you and other mint ice cream enjoyers how the flavor could be improved, they are going to ask vanilla enjoyers what it would take for them to try mint more often. So they dilute the mint, and it doesn't work, because they inevitably switch back to straight vanilla, because duh, they prefer vanilla. So you just have shit mint.

[ForsakenRoe]

The problem is that SE (and some players, it seems) firmly believe in "participation rates", i.e. you aren't allowed to have your niches, it needs to be homogenized to hell until the number of players between any two job is as close to 1:1 as possible.

So, even if you prefer mint over vanilla and are sitting there enjoying your ice cream bothering no one, screw you. They aren't going to ask you and other mint ice cream enjoyers how the flavor could be improved, they are going to ask vanilla enjoyers what it would take for them to try mint more often. So they dilute the mint, and it doesn't work, because they inevitably switch back to straight vanilla, because duh, they prefer vanilla. So you just have shit mint.

And eventually, you end up with the flavour that offends no-one, and pleases no-one: just plain ice. Frozen water.