I gave up on leveling AST past 50 due to how bad they were perceived (and very bad experiences in DF as a PLD, but DF is DF I guess), but those buffs rekindled the flame !

I wish I was a good MNK too now but... even on a dummy I lose sight of my buff/debuff/DoT, and the cooldowns are so fast I can't adjust properly and forget to weave in my off-GCDs. I'll have to train some more after I'm done with WAR and AST.