I want the devs to read this and realize exactly what they are doing, even if I know they probably don't read NA forums. They have said they're taking feedback into account, and I've been pretty quiet about AST the whole time I've been happily playing it, and now I regret not making my voice heard. Bc now they are turning the most unique healer into something that functions and plays exactly like the others. No, cards are not more interesting now that they have 'unique' effects bc they are no longer random. People liked HW and SB cards because you had to adapt to them. And y'know what? I didn't like that. But I regret saying that bc it feels like a monkey's paw compared to this. I did not like stormblood cards, I liked ShB cards and EW too, just a little less. But I can at least recognize that they were still cards, with all the hallmarks of what I love about current day astrologian.

What you have shown is not cards. There might still be draw in the game, there might still be play in the game, there might still be minor arcana but these are not cards. They don't evoke the feeling of mastering your reaction and on the fly planning, they don't make me feel like I'm moving and shifting cards around to get them in the right place at the right time, they feel like the exact same mitigation and healing buttons every healer has been working with since its inception. Like... Astrologian used to be about using your cards in the best way for any possible outcome of draw. Now? The LL talked so much about having 'the perfect card for the situation', when that could not be further from the truth. Instead, you're just trying to find the situation for the card. A card that heals is no different than lustrate. A card that mitigates is no different than aquaveil. A card that amps healing is no different than krasis. Because they're predictable, and streamlined, and duller than ever.

Please reconsider. I'd be happy with just sticking with EW's AST for a little longer while you cook something better, or whatever. But I can't wait for 8.0 hoping that you guys don't get it so painfully wrong, even if you don't get it quite right. I'd be happy with the job not being what I want it to be, as long as I can still play Astrologian. I don't want to be a white mage with stars, please.