AST didn't need the buff. I don't think Earthly Star is as overpowered as people say it is but the buff to Nocturnal shields really pushed it. Our heals should be at least equal to WHM in potency, not stronger, and for less MP. Or maybe keep the less MP, but we certainly shouldn't have stronger heals.

I have two problems with the buffs AST has gotten and will receive.

The first is with Balance. It is so strong that, first of all, parties believe it's NECESSARY to clear (it absolutely isn't, but that's what people think oh well). It's also so strong that every other card we have feels extremely lackluster in comparison. I get that it's RNG, but it's still heads and shoulders above the other cards. I'm always tempted to Redraw for Balance. I felt like the amount of damage increase it gave before was fine, some don't, maybe even half of what we did get would be fine.

The second is the Nocturnal buff. Right now Nocturnal is already far ahead of Diurnal, to the point where gear and comps are built exclusively around it. This is only going to widen the gap and make less people want to play Diurnal. I'm not a huge fan of the proactive healing style, so I've stubbornly stuck with Diurnal, but I don't want people to think even more that I'm terrible with how wide the gulf will be between power. I get that the two probably won't be 100% balanced between each other, but they won't even be close at this point.