My problems with AST buffs.

well....I really DO think that the Cards ARE the central reason for playing ast...and WITH buffing his Output, they build the opportunity to handle the cards more and better!

Before 3.07 you spent almost the whole time spamming your heals. Because if you stoped doing this for handle your cards....it causes trouble most of the time xD

(and because the cards duration were so short, you have to handle them a lot! Just to give them any power-up!)

now, I have the power to let a partymember drop more LP so I can spend more time for my cards! And I don't HAVE to power them up, just the opportunity ^^
If I do...its nice...and if I don't....its still good!
Scholars have their Fairy, witch give'em time to DPS! You don't have to heal all the time, because your fairy does it for you! You put shields on and your fairy makes the rest....for a few seconds...so you've got the time to set DoTs and support damage!
An Astro doesn't have a fairy, so he has to heal all by himself! And because he has to handle his cards, he needed first of all more power, and then, some instant heals for instant-reacting after drawing or something!

And I'm sure....EVERY Main-Astro knows what I mean!
(even when my english is so damn rosted and bad xD)

and just to say it one more time!

WHM and AST are NOT the same and can't do the same....similar yes....but not the same!!!
The gameplay of AST is much different than SCHs or WHMs!!!

AND EVERYONE that's played other healerclasses knows this! (and the ones that have 2 or 3 leveled to 60 knows even better!)