New AST from a New Player

[ForteNightshade]

Devs so adamant about the changes on AST, makes me wonder if we are the minority in this issue. Every time they will say players don't want useless card.
Unfortunately we will not see AST restored, wonder why would they satisfied with such bland mechanics

While I certainly cannot say one way or another. The devs do react faster towards complaints from the more casual side of the playerbase even if it's a minority complaining. They can also be rather stubborn with their vision somtimes. Look no further than Monk. They were told endlessly how much people disliked the slow on Riddle of Fire. They didn't listen—only to panic when Monk was barely clinging to life.

Not for healers, anyway.

https://nordic.ign.com/final-fantasy...or-inspiration

"Some people have shown their dislike of some classes, like the Ninja and Astroligian, are you looking into fixing that, and how?

"We talked about this a bit in the last letter from the producers. In the latest patch we changed some stuff for the Astroligian and we noticed that we restored the balance a bit. Still we see some feedback from players that want the same effects for the cards as we had before, but the dev team doesn’t have the intention to bring the old system back. We can’t make everyone happy. If we change back the system, a different part of the community will get mad. Some people loved the old system, and some people love the new system. You can’t please everyone.

"In regards to Ninja. We get a lot of feedback from the community that the class feels clunky now since spells don't line up nicely with Global Cooldowns, and the DPS-spec isn’t as strong as other classes, so we get the frustration. It is a challenge for the development team, but we are aware of the situation. For the next patch we will make some changes for the solo DPS Ninja, like number values. Since the job got released we have actually not changed it, so for patch 5.1 we are planning a big class overhaul. It will feel like the Ninja will be born into a new class. So for people that are waiting for changes, big changes and smaller ones like number values are coming!"

Emphasis mine

I do find that amusing given one look at Savage uploads tells you just how many people like the new system. It's so popular Astro has 90% less representation on Titan than White Mage or Scholar. Maybe it's more popular in dungeons but considering White Mage is a damn near god in dungeons. I highly doubt it.

I sometimes wonder if they're trying to save face. They had to backpedal on Monk and Ninja. It really doesn't look good if they throw Astro into that pile, especially since they already had to buff it once. (They still need to again.)