First of all i want to thank the devs for an amazing game that i enjoy playing every single day. You put in amazing work and you should be proud of yourself!

Secondly i want to thank the poster AmurT for this thread. You very accurately describe how i feel about 5.0 AST. I mained the job in sb for raids and it felt amazing. It was smooth and you could make so many stategic decisions: cards and extending buffs with 10s.

As you described i feel like all the strategy gameplay aspects have been diminished and replaced with a frustrating system. Even when the cards go perfect i cant even feel happy since the ogcd bloat makes me dislike the job. Playing controller and having to tab down the party list for the right dps to hit so often while healing and dpsing feels awful.

I am sad to say i am no longer an ast main. I have switch to brd/dnc. I rather deal with dps queues than play ast in any content. Luckily my static has accommodated me and others have switched roles.

The new card system feels like a choire and does not provide me with a sense of decision making or joy when the rng hits just right. Not to speak about the low personal dps nor the low healing potency.

Also want to note i had hoped that noct ast would be fixed this expension only to find it even worse.