I'll take your lil list for my fave healer.


AST:
-Benefic I upgrades into Benefic II - Looks good to me
-Return the RNG - Would be very happy with this, I think we could have this with the DT card system choosing from a pool of effects each time. Just make the dps specific cards very similar in terms of dmg bonus but via different methods. In general the cards could do with more diverse and interesting effects to them imo.
-Return Royal Road - I'd love royal road back
-Return Time Dilation - Would love this back, it was a fave thing for me
-Return Redraw - If we keep the current DT cards I don't feel the need for redraw to return, let us take the cards we are dealt and manage them.
-Return Sleeve Draw - If we get the above changes I'd be happy with this staying gone even though I did enjoy it. It was the thing that kept ast from the grave for me in shb but I think with returning card manipulation on DT cards we would be busy enough without this coming back!
-Return Nocturnal sect (Merge the two sect buttons together as a toggleable oGCD for a stance dancing mechanic) - I really don't care if this comes back, noct stance was just a really bad scholar to me and it always irked me they never let it be on a more level field with sch the way diurnal was with whm.

AST was the only healer that justified having two DPS buttons since they were constantly playing the card minigame. I agree, if we get our card interactions back we don't need an in depth dps rotation at all, it would be too much.