My opinion on AST has yo-yo’ed quite a bit so far.
At first, the card changes shocked me, then I kinda came to terms with why they were changed and how they would work.
Then, trying it out for myself… I didn’t like it. It felt weak, and the card system felt like a lot of work for no noticeable difference.
But, that was in isolation. In context of the other healers, and the overall change to healer philosophy, I’m warming to it again. Healing in general is getting a bit more difficult, or requires more focus and better timing, and the cards… still seems overly elaborate for one type of buff, but it’s starting to feel rewarding when I get a full Divination out, which is after all basically the same as an Expanded Balance before. Every other individual card though? Still feels pointless, just a means to an end.