I'm incredibly sad. I thought I was prepared for the worst but this has honestly managed to exceed my expectations. I'm an Endwalker baby. I don't remember the previous instances of the job. The current AST definitely has issues but it seems that, instead of changing them, they have somehow managed to keep the worst parts while taking away the ones I enjoyed.

I loved the super high APM. I loved how busy the job is. Fitting everything into the burst window while also healing was fun for me. That's going away. I enjoyed fishing for seals as well, though I always wished Astrodyne would have a different effect. I hated Lord/Lady, which it seems like they're keeping.

What I really, REALLY hate is that the new card system is horrible. You know what healers in this game don't need? More healing tools! We already have so many and no fight I have ever done (nothing below Ultimate, then) requires us to use our entire healing kit, not even close.

I can't even enjoy the job now before the update comes because I know what it will become. It just makes me sad. It was by far my favourite healer. I don't know what to switch to. I already wasn't sure if I'd be sticking around for Dawntrail and now I'm strongly leaning to "no".