Quote Originally Posted by Khanscott View Post
My static WHM and SCH are currently discussing who is going to switch to the "horribly broken" healer in Skype. I don't see buffs like this remaining unless S-E wants a disproportional amount of AST running around.
Actually, I think that is there exact intent, albeit temporarily. Buffing AST to the point is might rival Scholar will get people to inevitably play it. They can then go back in 3.5 and tweak WHM or even reduce AST a little. Some people may switch back to WHM, but others may just stay AST.