This is my second post regarding the AST rework. On my previous one, I was wary, but not too negative, as we hadn't seen what the changes actually did to the class, and we could only speculate.

After reading the tooltips and seeing the new card's effects, I can only say I've never felt worse in regards to playing this game since I started.

I bought the game because AST piqued my interest back in Stormblood. The moment I unlocked it, I had never had so much fun in an MMO, the gameplay resonated so much with me, and the visuals only made it better. I've mained this class for about half a decade since then.

The speed, the BUFFS, the time-altering skills and the CARD MANIPULATION, were sooo fun to play with.

Fast forward to now, nothing remains of that class. The fast paced decision making is gone, the variety in its buffs is gone and its identity has been ripped apart, I feel like there's nothing left of the job I fell in love with.

We get cards with effects that we already have in the healing part of the kit. The cards have been pretty much turned into extra charges of actions that already exist.
We still have the job restriction on the damage cards even though seals are gone (to give the card to the same 2 DPS instead of one? Please).
We still have button bloat even though it was supposed to be a huge issue.

If you actively play this class, and you've played it throughout several expansions, you will know, that even though the last changes were bearable, this is where the class has reached a bad point. Whoever is making these changes doesn't play the class and is not listening to feedback of people who play it.

If someone at CBU3 is reading this, I ask that you reconsider and rework the class again as soon as possible, and if possible, add the elements that used to make it fun and used to make up the identity and lore of the class:

- A variety of buffs, unique to the job or rarely seen in others
- Randomness to make us make decisions on the fly
- The ability to manipulate cards to deal with that randomness

If you've read all of this, thank you, and I hope you share these feelings I have.

As a sidenote, if you find this overly dramatic, please spare me the comment. I've been loving this job for a long time and nothing of it remains, these are my legitimate feelings, and it might come across as heavy venting, but I don't care, this is how I feel and I should give feedback if I think something's getting out of hand.