Potential AST Rework: Cards = Heals

[Brandedblade]

...if you play on PS4 AST is completely out of your reach if you ever want to play optimally.

Yes and no. True you will not have a parser to notify you to perfectly optimize your cards, but fortunately most dps do have visual ques, auras, and buffs that you can observe and take advantage of, such as Bahamut being out for SMN, drg having its red aura from being under Life of the dragon, etc. That's where trusting and relying on the other player comes into play. L

[Billythepancake]

Yes and no. True you will not have a parser to notify you to perfectly optimize your cards, but fortunately most dps do have visual ques, auras, and buffs that you can observe and take advantage of, such as Bahamut being out for SMN, drg having its red aura from being under Life of the dragon, etc. That's where trusting and relying on the other player comes into play. L

The parser isn't even the only issue, while I'm sure some do, I can't imagine most PlayStation users will play on keyboard and mouse, and a controller setup will not work with card with how often you will have to swap targets. I don't think the class buffing other classes to reach maximum potential is a bad thing, it's what makes AST, well, AST, but you shouldn't have to know another class' rotation so you can do it. Why should I,someone who has 0 interest in dragoon, who hasn't even unlocked it because I genuinely have no interest in melee classes, now have to go out and learn their rotation just so I can know when to buff them so my card isn't useless? Why should I have to track that down for him and 3 other people so my main mechanic isn't useless? AST should have to buff others in parties to be at it's most optimal, it always has, but it shouldn't need to know every rotation in the game, and it CERTAINLY shouldn't NEED to be on keyboard and mouse.