Also, there's another matter I would like to address: the three healers work the same as any other job - they have spells that are similar or equal to one another with some unique mechanics/spells that make them unique. Instead of saying that AST is a copy, why don't you look at what they have that is NOT a copy? Also, why don't we compare WHM and SCH to see what they have in common? I mean, every healing job is supposed to have some basic healing tools, like a low tier single target healing (Cure/Physick/Benefic), a low burst AoE healing spell (Medica II/Aspected Helios/Succor - and I'm thinking about the burst, not the special effects), an instant cast off-GCD healing spell (Tetra/Lustrate/Essential Dignity) and a cleansing spell (Esuna/Leeches/Exalted Detriment). I believe that all future healing jobs will also have those tools, because they're basic; what makes each job interesting is how they have variations. For example, both WHM and AST have a mid burst AoE healing spell (Medica/Helios) and a high tier single target healing spell (Cure II/Benefic II), but SCH doesn't; to counter that, they added a cooldown (Emergency Tactics) that can turn other spells into that when needed. This is a feature that brings WHM and AST closer together, but allows the SCH to be unique: it requires more strategical thinking in this area, which is a lot of fun, in my opinion. The same exercise can be applied to other spells/skills, like Aspected Benefic, for example. In Diurnal, it works a lot like Regen, and in Nocturnal it works a lot like Adloquium, but it can have a different use: it's an on-GCD instant healing spell, which can't be said about Regen or Adloquium; that's uniqueness right there. If you take that into consideration along with other characteristics like the Enhanced Benefic trait (which turns Benefic II into an instant cast) and the Lightspeed cooldown, you'll see that AST has a lot of options to do instant healing, which is good for high movement fights, to use off-GCD card skills (Draw, Shuffle etc.), or to simply throw quick heals on multiple targets.