This is my opinion so take it as you will. Started out as a black mage main into a AST main. The Class has the most challenging gameplay of the three healers. If you play on Console, the Card system is going to be your worst enemy. I wouldn't say the class is "Bad" I will say it does need a lot of improvement and adjustments to it, especially with Divination and the cards feeling unique again. AST has some powerful tools in its kit, but there are some skills that are just lackluster or not even used at all Cough "Undraw". The main reason why I love and play AST is for the challenge and improvement in my play style with it, not to mention it is a really beautiful class that just feels underwhelming for all the hard work you have to do to just compete with the other healers. Pretty much how I feel it's like pre patch Ninja of healers, it needs a lot of Love and I hope Yoshi P takes our feedback into consideration about it. Hope this helps you understand a bit more about AST.