I loved planing really cautious when and how to use CO, should I stun the enemies and give the party a breather? Is every member buffed with a card so I can prolong its duration? Am I running low of MP so I can CO Lucid? maybe it is all of these 3 and you get the best outcome, that one right there when it all aligned was peak AST gameplay and so rewarding, all of these minute to minute decisions now gone.

I had more satisfaction using Bole on a tank, MP on a fallen Caster or giving spear to a MNK / BRD and watch them go insane, that it ever was AoE 8 party balance, the first three you knew what you did had an impact and changed the outcome of the battle.

What's the highest high on current? you finally got all seals without that much trouble, whoop de doo, now AST is just like every other class, you do the same over and over and over, unlike the unpredictability that was 4X AST, no battle was the same.