AST proposal: An idea revisited

[Shurrikhan]

You can achieve this much simpler than what you have here.

• Remove Trashtrodyne

This is the source of the high APM on AST. Remove this, there's no reason to rush cards out so you have it for the opener. This also means a removal of the seals system.

Technically, if not for your also having removed the second charge from Draw, you'd still rush Cards out so that, far more importantly, they're up for their recipients' openers, stacking as tightly as is possible with Divination.

Removing Astrodyne also removes roughly half the optimization available to cards, since you're not returning any of the old Card model here to replace Seal, nor returning Divination to its original form.

Removing the second charge on Cards reduces the busyness of AST, but also takes away yet more of its otherwise available optimization. Hrmm.

I guess I just have to ask, are some these suggestions in emulation of reducing the job's skill ceiling per the original Ren goal, or are they all honest preferences?

[ASkellington]

Technically, if not for your also having removed the second charge from Draw, you'd still rush Cards out so that, far more importantly, they're up for their recipients' openers, stacking as tightly as is possible with Divination.

Removing Astrodyne also removes roughly half the optimization available to cards, since you're not returning any of the old Card model here to replace Seal, nor returning Divination to its original form.

Removing the second charge on Cards reduces the busyness of AST, but also takes away yet more of its otherwise available optimization. Hrmm.

I guess I just have to ask, are some these suggestions in emulation of reducing the job's skill ceiling per the original Ren goal, or are they all honest preferences?

The only change I listed here as an actual preference is Synastry's change.

Actual changes I'd like to see on AST aren't listed here.