Having played the expansion.....

[Ootarion]

I have to honestly say I am still not at all impressed with the class changes, specifically the changes to Astrologian and White Mage, ironically I have no complaints about any of the DPS classes.

The issues I have as far as Astrologian are.

1) Cards virtually all do the same thing now, which is boring and unimaginative.
2) Seals for Divination cannot be gained unless in combat, which is also bad because sometimes even when I am in combat and it just started, I will use a Card on myself or another party member who is in combat and no Seals will be gained. Either which way, this effect should work in and out of combat.
3) Astrologian healing feels unnecessarily weak compared to how it was in Stormblood.
4) Draw was split into Draw and Play when that is totally unnecessary when letting Draw start it's cooldown while a Card is held in it is perfectly doable since Redraw can start it's cooldown without all three charges needing to be used. This alteration just causes unnecessary button bloat.
5) I miss having Royal Road so that I could make one card improve another card in some manner, that was neat and intuitive. But since all the Cards all do the same thing now.....yeah....:/
6) Astrologian damage potencies are to low.
7) MP management due to improperly tuned MP costs is bad. While WHM on the other hand has AMAZING mp management and unlike my AST never has an issue with running out of MP.
8) Divination's cooldown is like....a lil to long....
9) Horoscope is confusing in that you have no idea if it has been upgraded to Horoscope Helios or not, I mean sure you would know if you use it then cast Helios or Aspected Helios then yeah in that light it would assuredly have its upgraded effect, but it would be a nice Quality of Life adjustment if we saw some buff or change in the Horoscope icon that it indeed has been changed.

The issues I have as far as White Mage are.

1) The loss of Aero III.
2) Holy damage nerfed.
3) Lilies take to long to gain when they should be gained like they were before, when someone is healed with Cure I or Cure II.

Would also be nice if Protect came back.

[Bacent]

1) I do miss the AoE DoT we could use, did help a good bit when we had to focus on healing after
2) Yeah, it's nerfed on enemy groups that are under 9 enemies, otherwise after that it's a 'buff', but that won't happen much and if you're the only healer you go more important things to do then, but you can use it a bit more before MP runs out it feels
3) That would be broken if they made lilies back to whenever you use a single target heal. You'd get too many lilies and your healing would be Cure I/II -> Afflatus Solace -> Cure I/II -> Afflatus Solace -> ad nauseum - Only using blood lily when it pops. Multiple skills rely on lilies and giving them out like candy would make the job too simple feeling.

[RyuDragnier]

AST 2: That's because you don't have any aggro on the enemy. You need to be on the enemy's aggro list to get a seal.

[CazzT]

The change to AST cards makes them feel meaningless now. I find myself just slapping the card on the tank, or not even bothering with them at all, far too often. Before, I would have the cards running every chance I got.

[Vahlnir]

This expansion is amazing...if you aren't a healer. I feel bad for healers.

[LunarEmerald]

This expansion is amazing...if you aren't a healer. I feel bad for healers.

No need to feel bad for white mage. White mage is amazing this expansion.

[ErryK]

This expansion is amazing...if you aren't a healer. I feel bad for healers.

Why? I'm enjoying healing this expansion, even AST. Although I do think AST needs MP adjustments and potency buffs, in addition to Divination CD reduced.

As for WHM, Aero 3 being removed was unnecessary, but Holy being nerfed but letting me do the same damage on all mobs? I'll take it, as for Lilies, no thanks, the old system was garbage. Much prefer the current one.

[LiteBrite]

It's funny their excuse for not coming out with new healer was " balancing the healing classes" and that was a fail. They used that excuse in stormblood and now in shadowbringers. Four years to balance healers and it still didn't happen. For some reason they need 6 years to balance the healers, before we get another healing class. It would've been better for everyone if they left the healing classes as they were and just buffed the white mage a bit.

[Schan]

It's funny their excuse for not coming out with new healer was " balancing the healing classes" and that was a fail. They used that excuse in stormblood and now in shadowbringers. Four years to balance healers and it still didn't happen. For some reason they need 6 years to balance the healers, before we get another healing class. It would've been better for everyone if they left the healing classes as they were and just buffed the white mage a bit.

What i find hilarious is they're "working on healers" yet did a better job at fixing tanks which was not their aim. I can't decide if i should laugh or cry

edit: actually thinking about this does that mean i should be worried if they ever announce they are going to work on tanks?

other than that i think every role has a few issues. I believe nin is in a rough spot when it comes to dps. drk is arguably the weakest of the tanks. healers.. the only okay one is whm... and i feel like this expansion has made a lot of jobs clunkier. i mean we used to have like 2 or 3 jobs that were clunky. now it feels like we have more clunkier jobs than before. i could be wrong.

[Duskane]

What i find hilarious is they're "working on healers" yet did a better job at fixing tanks which was not their aim. I can't decide if i should laugh or cry

edit: actually thinking about this does that mean i should be worried if they ever announce they are going to work on tanks?

other than that i think every role has a few issues. I believe nin is in a rough spot when it comes to dps. drk is arguably the weakest of the tanks. healers.. the only okay one is whm... and i feel like this expansion has made a lot of jobs clunkier. i mean we used to have like 2 or 3 jobs that were clunky. now it feels like we have more clunkier jobs than before. i could be wrong.

they worked on tank balance the entirety of SB its why they are the most balance they have ever been in ShB