Do AST really need this Buff?

[Crushnight]

But I personally want to try SB before I freak out too much over stuff....I almost kind of want to switch to WHM for savage due to ASTs very simplified/nerfed DPS rotation now. I understand since AST offers cards we can't DPS for a lot, but the unfortunate side effect of that is boring gameplay. We lost 2/3 of our DoTs so single target DPS is reduced to Combust II then spam Malefic III and that's it and lost a lot of weaving capability :/

So much this I have thought about completely going over to being a dps in SB cus of this I can't stance dance I have a literal 1, 2 dps combo with 1 ogcd damage being earthly star so may not get used for it. There was enough with ast to pay attention to in 3.X without feeling too much this wold make me more asleep in dungs. Ast was fine by 3.2 imo with a minor buff to noct only needed now it seems like it will be a ridiculous powerhouse it never needed to be.

[MsTanya]

Don't forget that during your rotation if you keep drawing garbage cards you can 50/50 turn them into a 300 potency single target nuke or 500 potency heal. There's been many times while I was on ast I had an aoe royal road and kept getting ewer into spire or spire into spear and I had to use my throw away macro now you have a chance during that kind of a scenario to turn it into that lord card, effectively making all the trash cards and bad rng worth something. Plus it adds a layer of fun to your core mechanic and enhances it to be something superior to what it is now. All healers lost a lot of weaving capability and got condensed dots and more boring rotations but neither other healer got two new dps abilities.

[Miste]

Don't forget that during your rotation if you keep drawing garbage cards you can 50/50 turn them into a 300 potency single target nuke or 500 potency heal.

Well I never said I disliked all the changes to AST. That mechanic I kind of want to play it before I really dissect it, it does seem interesting though.