Why current job design is boring?

[PercibelTheren]

AST ShB and EW have more skill expression than WHM.. because you have to understand card system and act fast after drawing random card AND manage people HP

It is overwhelming for most healers.. I have seen people complaining why RNG is there even in balance perspective
You can't design RNG job with scripted encounter design with no algorithm that will change how boss behave

You could straight up ignore AST cards in all casual content and be completely fine. It wasn't complex at all, either, just busy. Again, who are these "most healers"? Did you ask healer players? The RNG was completely negligible as well unless you were trying to get funny numbers on a forbidden website and I can't imagine they would listen to people whose feedback amounted to "I'm not getting the result I want on a third party tool that's explicitly against the TOS". The only thing I saw complaints about was Astrodyne because it felt useless.

Personally, AST was the last bastion of a healing job I still enjoyed in this game. The rest of them make me fall asleep. I don't know why ALL healers have to be extremely simple when there are 4 of them. Tell BLM players that BLM is "too overwhelming for most caster players" and needs to become like SMN, see how that goes. Why is it healers and only healers that get singled out like this? It makes no sense.

[Tunda]

You could straight up ignore AST cards in all casual content and be completely fine. It wasn't complex at all, either, just busy. Again, who are these "most healers"? Did you ask healer players? The RNG was completely negligible as well unless you were trying to get funny numbers on a forbidden website and I can't imagine they would listen to people whose feedback amounted to "I'm not getting the result I want on a third party tool that's explicitly against the TOS". The only thing I saw complaints about was Astrodyne because it felt useless.

Personally, AST was the last bastion of a healing job I still enjoyed in this game. The rest of them make me fall asleep. I don't know why ALL healers have to be extremely simple when there are 4 of them. Tell BLM players that BLM is "too overwhelming for most caster players" and needs to become like SMN, see how that goes. Why is it healers and only healers that get singled out like this? It makes no sense.

Ignoring main kit of the job shows how bad current balance/encounter design is..

Even casual players who play AST should know each card do even in terms of functionality not numbers.
I watch people in forms begging to remove RNG now we have it..
I want RNG to exist but fixing fundamentals first.

Current state of AST is 100% can't be support it has 2 buttons each min to buff party..
I want AST to have full support kit but it can't AST will never be like Dancer and will never be close to BRD because the job has too much responsibility and 2 buttons each min will not solve the issue.. and again This is my opinion..

to have quick fix but broke the identity is to make cards party wide buffs without giving the choice to think too much on to who you will give it.. but again this solution is bad and braindead

Removing every DPS kit other than spamming Malefic that AST and keeping cards more damage oriented have could be a solution also but again.. it will still be simplified

AST ShB was peak healer design in FFXIV.. they remove it because pure/shield separation which kills the main reason why people like AST

BLM is a simple job even simpler than MNK/SAM it is all about fire4 the challenge to the job is positioning.. which is not that complicated you just have to be strategic more than anga bonga