What does everyone think about those AST buffs?

[Luvbunny]

Exactley EQUAL AND buffs to the party, do you see the flaw.

Nope, no flaw at all. Considering SCH is still better in some cases, and WHM is still better on other cases. But now, I can have AST + WHM, or AST + SCH, or AST + AST, and each one of those combo is equal to the safety net of WHM + SCH. SE did not make any big changes on the buffs, which is a secondary benefits. SE made changes to the healing potency, which how it should be, AST is A HEALER, take a moment to reflect that. A healer who can buffs.

I play SCH mostly, and I know how POWERFUL SCH is as healer, and at times, it feels like the MOST OP of the three healers. And I know there is no way AST is going to BE BETTER in every aspects. AST is now EQUAL, a CAPABLE healer who can provide some minor buffs to the party. As it is now, SCH is to me, the better of the three, WHM is second when it comes to EASE of healing, and AST comes third as more interesting healer who provides "random" minor buffs to the party. THREE different play styles that open more options when it comes to strategy.