@TheBlackMind - The boost is 3-6% for 15 seconds. That's negligible and unnecessary in 4mans. The party wide boost is 6% when you build 3 seals. Now in an 8 man this has some effect. However, the cooldown is irritating at 3 minutes when we can build the seals needed for a full Divination with over 1:40 left on the CD. This is not taking into account Sleeve Draw.

Secondly, we cannot switch between our two sects at will. We are locked into a Sect for the duration of a battle. Furthermore, Nocturnal Sect in its current iteration is the weakest healer in the game. Arguably worse than a Scholar without a fairy. Its potencies are lackluster, its MP cost overly high (I'm talking 1k MP per Aspected Benefic, and lets keep in mind MP is capped at 10k). AST's best bet right now is to stick to Diurnal, and get your shield from Neutral Sect and Celestial Intersection (I believe I have the name right). Intersection on Diurnal will give a shield, which should be used on CD.

So yes, we're going to whine. The flavor and lore of AST, was just gutted. AST uses time and space magic. Benefic is supposed to be turning time back on wounds. Time Dilation was extending the time left on buffs. Opposition was freezing time in a limited zone. The cards were AST's theme. Each card having a different meaning and so a different effect. They could have just thrown away all the cards and had a button that randomly changes to melee or ranged damage buff and the effect would be the same.

That being said, I would like to see the duration on our Divination extended to 30 seconds. The cooldown dropped to 2 minutes or less. I wouldn't mind the cards being damage buffs - FOR DPS. To me, it would be an interesting change to have the cards give buffs based on the class's role. DPS get Damage buffs, Tanks gets mitigation, and throwing a card at a Healer would increase their healing output. Also, I'd like to see the Benefic II crit proc off of Combustion tic's as opposed to me casting Benefic I. Honestly, if I'm casting a Benefic its because I'm running low on mana because I just rez'd a person or two. ...do I see any of these things happening? Probably not, but sadly, I also don't see them returning our old card effects.