Honestly, what draws (no pun intended lol!) me most to AST are aesthetics and how good their AF sets and astrolabes look.

The job is a nightmare to optimize for me though simply because my latency (even with VPN) won't allow a comfy double weaving. It's always a mess.

I think this might be a very divisive topic among the players who enjoy the hectic AST burst playstyle, but I hope the necessity of double weaving is somehow eliminated in Dawntrail. Or at least set in a high-end optimization similar to how BLM's alternative lines are. An AST not double weaving has their damage contribution highly compromised, granted the card receivers are doing their stuff right, and isn't exactly fair that a player with a higher than average ping (130ms) is excluded from a job playing at their skill ceiling, or at least close to that.

Other than that, I really want 3 things with the rework:

- Minor Arcana imploded and replaced with something else. Anything. Lords is never there when you need for the burst window. Lady is never there when you actually need that extra ogcd during prog.
- Astrodyne needs to have its buffs changed to Damage>Speed>Crit to be less frustrating. Feels like card drawing already provide enough MP.
- Cards pairs changed to be optimally usable on [Tanks (dmg+mit) / Healers (dmg+extra healing) / DPSsers (dmg+crit)] instead of trios to Melee/Ranged. I just think it would feel more dynamic to allow every role a chance to get a card boost.

Now, for actually new stuff through DT levels, maybe more time magic themed actions with timed stuff. But add a clock to the gauge if you do so, having to check on a buff/debuff is quite cumbersome.

Also, I've been doing the job quests with New Game + and in the initial quests, Leveva implies that cards could be used to divine either the good or bad fortunes. I wonder if we could have a way to use some of the deck against our enemies. Maybe that's a better idea for a Minor Arcana rework? After all, according to the Encylopaedia, the minor arcana consists of several numbered suites, not just Lord and Lady.