Thread: Level-headed review of 5.0 AST

Originally Posted by LeftHandedLion

I find the reactions to healers and AST have been hyperbolic, superficial, and have lacked some depth since the new actions/job guide became available. Like many that might reply to this thread, AST has been my main since it was released.

However; at the end of the day, I'm sorry if you really enjoyed AST but don't any longer. That's a bummer, truly. If you take a step back and try to understand why systems were changed so drastically, maybe you can come to an understanding that it was all necessary for the future of FFXIV and specifically the healer role.

In broad strokes, I like the direction AST has taken in Shadowbringers. The design intentions of the job are very obvious now. Low personal DPS augmented by increasing rDPS.

that's great for you, but the majority of people who would want to play any game don't want to have 7 buttons on their bar dedicated to a system that doesn't add up enough rDPS to even bother bringing the class when the actual math is garbage, on top of the "also really bad" personal DPS

you can look at all the extremists cries of "muh nostalgia for old cards" comments all you want and try to speak to them directly and act like only their voice is the one that needs to be acknowledged, but realistically, mathematically and mechanically, this current card system is fundamentally flawed

the 4 or something people that are balancing all the classes in the game need more resources, because this is basically a joke at this point

this game is way too large to have barely any resources dedicated to the way people are literally playing the game for the majority of their time on the class they chose