Potential AST Rework: Cards = Heals

[Reynhart]

That BLM pulling 16k dps might look like a juicy target. But if you throw your card whenever you feel like it, you risk giving them a buff during the 12k dps umbral ice phase, rather than the 20k dps astral fire phase.

Yes, exactly like giving the old Balance to a BLM when he wasn't on Leylines...or giving it to the MCH at a bad time and losing 1/3rd of its uptime when Gauss Barrel is off for 10s...when was already a criteria for giving cards, that's why it had a skill to keep a card in its sleeve.

Did you chose to ignore these nuanced aspects before ?

[LariaKirin]

Yes, exactly like giving the old Balance to a BLM when he wasn't on Leylines...or giving it to the MCH at a bad time and losing 1/3rd of its uptime when Gauss Barrel is off for 10s...when was already a criteria for giving cards, that's why it had a skill to keep a card in its sleeve.

Did you chose to ignore these nuanced aspects before ?

What are you talking about?

The way Play worked meant that you had to play the card as soon as possible, otherwise you risked losing cards over the entire encounter.

You held cards in Spread and waited for Expanded Royal Road, you did not use it to delay card usage. The only time you would even consider using Spread to delay a card is when you had absolutely no choice. Can you even give me an example where such usage is optimal?

With the new Draw/Play, you can delay any single card up to 30 seconds with zero losses, which gives you ample opportunity to select a good timing.