Realistic Job adjustments wants!

[Kari]

My main dream for WHM:
Hastega. That, or enhancing Haste's duration to be something worthwhile.
I have absolutely no idea why the only player-obtained Hastega in the game is via Garuda, which is almost never used.
Haste is one of the most used spells in our list. It only lasts 3 minutes. This may be my personal opinion, but I've always believed buffs in MMORPGs should be something you apply every now and then, or when they're dispelled. Protect and Shell both last a whole 30 minutes, and just as well they have AoE versions. Depending on what NMs you fight, these are often dispelled/stolen/etc, but reapplying them isn't too big of an issue, and the duration is nice when it's not being dispelled.
Then when you look at Haste, it only lasts 3 minutes, and plenty of Abyssea NMs have Slowga or similar, always being more potent than your Haste. Personally when I'm on WHM, I find myself keeping my group Hasted than I do keeping them Cured.

Would also like to see duration of other various buffs enhanced.
The "Boost-STAT" series are hardly ever used, considering their limited usefulness. Buffs that increased Damage/Attack or other specific Potencies would have been more worthwhile.
If these buffs lasted longer I may actually throw them out there every now and then -- there's no real reason to keep them up, unlike Haste.

"Bar-STATUS" spells giving actual, noticeable chances of resisting a status completely would also be absolutely lovely.
Why should I bother with Barparalyzra/Barsilencera when my party is going to beg me to Paralyna/Silena them immediately after gaining the effect? When "Bar-STATUS" spells only reduce the duration of the enfeeble, there's almost no reason to put them up. =/

[Daniel_Hatcher]

"Bar-STATUS" spells giving actual, noticeable chances of resisting a status completely would also be absolutely lovely.
Why should I bother with Barparalyzra/Barsilencera when my party is going to beg me to Paralyna/Silena them immediately after gaining the effect? When "Bar-STATUS" spells only reduce the duration of the enfeeble, there's almost no reason to put them up. =/

Wasn't they ninja updated, because I've noticed on jobs with Resist traits that they activate a lot recently.

[Fetus]

The "Boost-STAT" series are hardly ever used, considering their limited usefulness.

Boost-AGI+Auspice is hardly useless. It's used quite often, especially in low-man situations where the goal is to avoid feeding too much TP to mobs. If you're not seeing big gains from your Boost spells, try capping and meriting your Enhancing Magic skill, use /SCH for Light Arts and stack as much +Enhancing Magic skill equipment you can get. You do know that Boost-STR, DEX and INT are coming, too, right? While not particularly useful inside of Abyssea, the Boost spells are still useful anywhere else.

They shouldn't stop at just boosting the generic stat-line, though. They should add Boost spell that increase accuracy, attack, evasion or whatever.

What really sucks is only being able to use one Boost spell at a time. Being able to use two at a time would be so much nicer.

I do agree that the Bar-status spells are still pathetically unreliable. I try to be a decent WHM, but there's just no point using them, even with capped Enhancing Magic skill.

Haste II or, better yet, Hastega would be a God-send.

Replace Shield Defense Bonus with something useful. Another tier of Magic Defense Bonus, I don't care.

Make Afflatus Misery on par with Afflatus Solace. Afflatus Misery should be able to "store" damage taken for more than one hit, as it currently does... which is totally lame, by the way. Cura III could be added without breaking the game and, if potent enough, could make taking the damage worth the payoff.

Could add Bardarkra/Barlightra? They don't seem game-breaking but it just seems odd that WHM hasn't already been given access to these spells. A different kind of bar-spell that occasionally absorbs magic damage of a particular element would be neat, I guess.

I'm all for adding abilities or traits that would enhance WHM melee potential! Just some ideas off of the top of my head.

[Alkimi]

I do agree that the Bar-status spells are still pathetically unreliable. I try to be a decent WHM, but there's just no point using them, even with capped Enhancing Magic skill.
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I agree they're not great, but when stacked with a bar-element spell they do work semi-well. For example with Barstonra and Barpetra up on Dragua you'll very rarely get petrified by Terra Wing. But yeah for the most part they're not all that effective and could do with a buff.

[Charismatic]

Hastega and a FULL set of Light Element nukes (Banish 1-5, Holyja, etc) changes to protect 5 merits that make them worth having.
That's about it for my WHM wishlist.

[Miiyo]

You and I would be great friends. You know my whm heart.

[whmsyrup]

I think it would be interesting if they gave WHM the ability to remove weakness from someone. I imagine it would have a long cool down time... or cost a ton of MP, but it might be nice.

[Valkrist]

Both Auspice and Boost- spells should be kept up 100% of the time if the WHM can afford the MP and the risk of running into melee. The Subtle Blow effects from Auspice and Boost-AGI are mind blowing. People are always fighting for 1 more point of stat to be squeezed out. A WHM can give 7~ if they're not lazy. SCH's merit Stormsurge just to gain the same effect. Whether or not a SCH will give you a Storm is a different matter entirely.

[Daniel_Hatcher]

I think it would be interesting if they gave WHM the ability to remove weakness from someone. I imagine it would have a long cool down time... or cost a ton of MP, but it might be nice.

Well it exists in the past: Reviviscence, they should give it to WHM as a Job Ability maybe 10 minutes recast and can be reduced to 8 minutes with the new merit system at 99.

[Lukielucas]

We was talking about having a R4 with a weakened state timer reduced to half, that would be nice but again it would mean pressure on WHM's to only use R4 and being an experienced WHM pre-abyssea, R3 was the must have and some people still ask for R3 only now which is lame condiser how easy it is to replace the exp now-a-days....