The Astro Cards I Want

[MintnHoney]

I want to find a pleasant medium where people can boost DPS and feel like the cards are unique, useful, and not lore breaking. There has got to be a way.

I would like to think so, but as one continues to scour the forums for ideas, you begin to realize that there are far too many people who are quick to judge and abstinent to compromise.
Not to mention, the problem is always taken to a scale far beyond just the cards (usually for good reason, but if every potential idea is chastised or thrown away due to the existence of some other circumstance, then progress becomes impossible (as we are witnessing)).

[Brandedblade]

Right cause eventually people will stop caring for that 1% bonus damage to get to 6 and will start taking 4% or 5%. Really worth it.

So? It's still a guaranteed damage boost that scales with other damage boosts so that 4% or 5% still makes a difference.