Quote Originally Posted by SpankWustler View Post
Something along those lines would pretty well blot out the main reason Scholar or Red Mage could overtake White Mage for marathon events, and maybe the jobs could finally get some new and much needed tools for keeping folks less dead.
You're seriously mistaking the reason why RDM and SCH would best out WHM .

It's not that they would beat out WHM's curing in the long haul, that may have been part of the reason during the ToAU era.

The issue now is what the job offers ASIDE from curing. IF SCH and RDM can handle main healing on their own as a 'viable healer', they could likely do so and provide some of their other important support functions as well, reducing the amount of support slots players need in a party so more DD's can join in. WHM get's bumped out because they offer very little else to the group.

This gets even moreso for Scholar in fights as they could 2hr Embrava up for a specific section of the fight, and they've already got an AoE stat increase like the Boost spells. With /RDM giving hast at 99 that lack of curing power is going to be all it lacks to overpower WHM's position for all but the most hecktic fights.

RDM's higher Debuff Line, and longer duration buffs make it superior at dolling out Haste to the needed Melees, and Refresh II out paces Martyr. /SCH or /WHM provides the status removal needed and Stratagems /SCH can provide some elemental resistance needed. Pair that off with the highest fast cast of any job.

Then you have Saboter. Need a stronger Slow II? A better Dia III? RDM can flex it's debuffs to whatever the party desires while being the original self-sustained for support.

These are pretty compelling reasons for keeping RDM's and SCH's healing potential in check. Unless they start giving some other means of support on WHM more than what they have to support the party, WHM is going to start looking like overkill on everything but the toughest mobs/events in which both consistently high damage, and nasty status effects are a frequently recurring problem.

I might not like being able to cure bomb my allies anymore, but I fully understand the reasoning. And I'd much rather have more unique spells and have less raw curing potential, then have the curing potential and be shoved in the WHM corner for general use.