should i even level ast?

[XiXiQ]

I levelled it just because. I liked it quite a bit at 60, but the cards are now pointlessly doing the same thing, and that lord/lady crown should replace the card when it comes up rather than wasting extra buttons. It's quite messy at the moment. Fixable if they doing something about playing the cards.

[Rasikko]

You still need the other cards to build Divination. Lord and Lady don't give seals.

[Brandedblade]

I levelled it just because. I liked it quite a bit at 60, but the cards are now pointlessly doing the same thing, and that lord/lady crown should replace the card when it comes up rather than wasting extra buttons. It's quite messy at the moment. Fixable if they doing something about playing the cards.

Sleeve Draw at 70 helps significantly with setting up cards and Divination, and gives you a burst cooldown of sorts at 3 min marks.

[Rasikko]

So I forgot how long Ive been playing it, but I cant put it down. I use it for 50+ roulette and leveling roulette. Cannot say when I last hopped on WHM. I use the 70 AF gear as glamour because it looks nice.

Yeah I can say this was worth it. Not gonna lie though... 40-70 was very rough...

[Shurrikhan]

I levelled it just because. I liked it quite a bit at 60, but the cards are now pointlessly doing the same thing, and that lord/lady crown should replace the card when it comes up rather than wasting extra buttons. It's quite messy at the moment. Fixable if they doing something about playing the cards.

Lord/Lady are essentially just another way to mitigate RNG, especially in synergy with Sleeve Draw. You initially get 4 draws per Divination, yet need only 3 Seals. Thus, if you run out of Redraws and can't make use of the 2nd/3rd Seal you get, you can just convert it into a Lord/Lady in order not to disrupt the Seals you already have.

[Averax]

It's actually one of the busiest healing jobs to play optimally at endgame.

WHM just spams glare most of the time.
Scholar is the same with broil.

AST, you're spaming malefic, but the cast time for malefic is such that you can weave in OGCDs no problem, which is a lot of what you're doing with the cards.

Personaly i just recommend leveling up another healer along with AST, gearing up with that healer, and then switching to AST once you've got a comfortable amount of healing gear. Low ilvl AST is rough. WHM and SCH have a much better time doing dungeons at lower ilvls in my experience.