WHM's current problems, and how to solve them

[Annalise]

[*]Give WHM more (functional!) Barstatus spells, Bardispelra at the least. Remember that one of the factors behind Embrava dependence is that it is the only performance buff that can't be dispelled.

Not entirely true, aside from the mentioned light/dark arts. If the monster casts Kaustra (e.g. Diabolos Mega Boss in Dynamis -Tavnazia) it will overwrite Embrava and the effect will be gone. While not technically 'dispelled', the buff is still removed.

I totally agree. We should get banish V at least, and the damage when cast on undeads (and maybe demons too?) should nearly be up there with what blm can do on normal mobs with their equally tiered elemental nukes. Holy and Holy 2 does get boosted by afflatuses, but the damage is really terrible even with that, compared to the MP it uses. I think they should have a damage potential of about 80% of AM and AM2, up to maybe 100% with max afflatus bonuses. If the quick cast is an issue, extend the casting time to let it be more comparable with AM and AM2 instead.

Why is this not overpowered? Even with the same base damage ratings, BLM has access to a more nuking gear, has native MAB traits, can do their maximum damage from spells on a much greater variety of mobs (the only place where WHM would have a chance of getting close would be on undeads), and on top of that, they can rotate between different elements within the same tier when waiting for spell cooldowns to go away (although this isn't as relevant anymore when they implement the planned cast time changes).

In short, giving this to whm would not make them a go-to job for when you need magic damage. blm and sch would still outperform it in that department, so there's no reason why they shouldn't be allowed to get some nuking love.

I believe back in the day, Holy used to be a lot stronger than it used to be. White mages spammed it a lot, and it got nerfed. I'd have to dig up the info to find it... but this may be long forgotten anyways. There used to be a LOT of weird stuff (e.g. charmed mobs on BST could uncharm if hit with a critical, paladins used to sub BST and charm beastmen in experience parties because it was far more hate than provoke, etc.)