Overreaction to Astrologian buff.

[Saseal]

That said, its evident that many Scholars and White Mages are now worried about the possibility of getting replaced. To this, I say "duh". What is the point of a third healer class if it cannot replace the other two?

This statement hits me two ways -
Original interpretation's reaction: "I don't believe this statement. Variety =/= Replacement"
Re-reading statement 5 times reaction: "Yes, I agree, all healers should be able to step up to the plate when any other healer is not present/alive" (IE, equal footing, just different playstyle)

Baseline: WHM/SCH are not dead, ASTs are simply brought on par on the healing front with other two healers.

I agree with this statement (and I disagree with people who sit and only pimp one class as if opinion were fact. *Stares at an individual*) No healers are going to die. As long as players playstyles are mixed there will be a healer mix. The requests in raids may varying-ly slant instead of being stuck in WHM/SCH, but I don't believe a class will 'die'. Some class styles just aren't a person's cup of tea. I never felt 'in control' when I was leveling SCH and a little awkward with AST (it's the royal roaded card effect memorization...).

As Cynfael mentioned - I main WHM and I quite honestly can only just shrug and say, "Yay Good for ASTs!". I just don't care/I don't feel threatened. Why should I? WHy should anyone? Granted, I don't raid in Savage, etcetc /shrug
I'm not worried - nor do I care about who is best at what and where. Both WHM and SCH have already proven they can raid - so I'm not worried about that. if anything, it will just bring more combinations, instead of *JUST* the WHM/SCH optimized combo. WHM/Noc. AST, SCH/Dia. AST, Dia.AST/Noc.AST, etcetc.