Quote Originally Posted by Ghishlain View Post
Sure, that's fine and dandy but why bother bringing an AST then? A Diurnal AST is basically a White Mage with party augmenting card buffs. If you don't use the buffs, you might as well just erase AST from the game because WHM would become the more logical choice to play. Telling an AST to "not bother using one of their core functions" sounds like a terrible argument.
I'm not saything not to use them. I'm saying to not focus on getting the most out of them, they're a nice buff but not required to clear content. Just toss them on a party member without putting too much thought into it. Just draw, toss it on a DPS if it's the right card and move on.