No idea where all the AST hate is coming from..AST is the better WHM actually
So no, not a "discount WHM" at all.

But yeah, just for balance purposes, I also think if there only would be 2 new classes it would be tank and DPS.
Because DPS is a given at this point, and to balance it out a tank, especially since we still have a crazy lack of tanks but not so much a lack of healers.

Which is sad to me, because I'd prefer leveling another healer :/