Please return AST card gameplay.

[Brandedblade]

I'm not sure I'm following you. Cards in 4.X had the same 30s cooldown for everything, so you would still rotate around 30seconds cycles, which is the timeframe of most raid buffs. If anything, AST's current opener introduces some RNG to the timing/efficiency of Divination.

The only thing I prefer in 5.X system is having Draw's CD always cycling because it does not rely on you spreading, burning or playing the card anymore.

What I'm saying is that I personally prefer the work of setting up Divination on ast then fire and forgetting Chain Stratagem on SCH. I play AST over SCH nowadays since the cards, for me, are something to track and optimize the use of compared to what SCH currently has. I like the idea of a decent chunk of my damage being from increasing the dps of others and having the hidden value of not clipping and extra mobility due to my shorter cast times on everything.

[Side-Eye]

What I'm saying is that I personally prefer the work of setting up Divination on ast then fire and forgetting Chain Stratagem on SCH. I play AST over SCH nowadays since the cards, for me, are something to track and optimize the use of compared to what SCH currently has. I like the idea of a decent chunk of my damage being from increasing the dps of others and having the hidden value of not clipping and extra mobility due to my shorter cast times on everything.

I might agree with this sentiment if the AST's "dps of others" contribution was visible without running an illegal parser to see that small bump in the numbers.