Yeah, uh, maybe AoE balance was too strong comparatively to other cards, but they gave us Divination anyways to replace it. Why not just have ALL the new cards be AoE like PvP and toss Divination?

Still no RNG but then at least the cards wouldn't feel useless in the vast majority of encounters. They don't design bosses to focus damage on non-tank players, so unless your Tank is getting whacked (and how can they with all that THEY have, let alone all the non card free oGCDs we have) there's little for AST to do with its cards unless it's a really pedantic player.

That's what AST feels like to me, I'm not using the cards because they're fun or feel satisfying, I'm using them because they're there and they'll just go to waste. I'd say allow them to be converted into Minor Arcanas again but then it's just gonna be some half baked hopefully Lord of Crowns 'Energy Drain Spam', and that system's already weak enough on the job ostensibly designed for it.

I don't think this would fix AST or make it fun from where we are, but it would step towards making the cards feel central to its kit again. Honestly, they're starting to feel vestigial.