I felt this one hard. I, like many people here, gave this game a try because of how AST looked and played. Fortunately enough, I was able to play AST where the cards were still unique and gave different effects. Personally, the one I was devastated the most being taken out were Time Dilation and Old Celestial Opposition Effect of Stun and Buff Duration Increase of 10 sec.

As much as I loved the Cards and its varied effects alongside Royal Road giving cards more additional effects, for me at least, nothing beats the idea of increasing the duration of the current active buffs. Other than cards being super beneficial to others, I loved the fact that AST had a power not only to change/alter fates but also control space and time. How I wish that they would bring these skills back and honestly, they should've kept them with how low the durations of HoT's and card effects now.

While I don't mind the card changes, I still feel like they could've kept the variety of effects that each card has while also making each card viable for use, RNG is what I loved the most in terms of class mechanics and using each card that you pulled to its best ability felt exhilarating. Not gonna lie, pulling balance basically filled me with Euphoria especially that amazing AOE Balance combo.

I've pledge my loyalty to this class and will do so in the future expansions to come, its AST or bust for me. The best I can hope for is for them to actually listen, which they have been fortunately, and strive for the improvement to AST.