Shield Stance AST is so more useless than ever now, I haven't left heal over time sense the release and my realization that the stance was total crap. The big problem with the buffs is the time, 15 seconds is not enough for people to take note of the buff they just got to take full advantage of in a dungeon or raid, meaning wasted time and card draw for a 15 second buff. The same also applies to the party wide AOE heals and shields, again 15 seconds is not enough, there is SOOOO much that can happen in 15 seconds, 30 was fine as it was but 15 is like taking your face to a belt sander.

I main AST, but after I get it to 80, chances are that ill probably hop on over to the WHM band wagon as it seems they got the better of the changes in 5.0. Time and time again AST has been nerfed, first it was the shields, then the cards, and now in 5.0, this... Seriously SE, fix this crap, please > ~<!