Quote Originally Posted by Valmaxian View Post
And yet AST is still the only healer that provides ST damage buffs, ST/AoE shield+HoT within one ability, and can solo Ultimates if the player is capable. The job has a lot of power and depth to it regardless of its RNG mechanic. It’s still going to be busy.

I agree that FF14 healers have become more homogenized (I’ve played and maxed all of them - every combat job in fact). But to me each class still possesses subtleties that make them feel unique. I don’t expect everyone to feel the same way.
It's not going to be busy. Your burst window will be

Malefic+divination, malefic+play, malefic+draw, malefic+play, malefic+lord, malefic+divi follow up. Your filler will have nothing until 60s, when you press draw. Most of the utility cards will be discarded in 90% of content, and in the content where it matters like... why would I care about single target utility spells on my cards. I already have ED, exalt, CI, A. benefic... Yeah, maybe AST will be very strong bc it'll have so many tools. But I didn't want or care about *strong* I wanted *fun.* And being essentially a white mage with the occasional single target buff and a bunch of boring ass utility spells is not my idea of fun. My rotation, if you can even call it that, can now be done with a macro. The same cards go on the same people, at the same time, every time. They might as well just not exist at all.