whats your favorite healer class and why

I would say AST for me, though SCH is a close second. I'm not a big fan of healer DPS, but SCH's playstyle always clicked better for me than WHM's did, so SCH ended up being my main for a long time (while I waited for NIN to come out). I tend to go SCH when helping lower-geared folks get clears, as the added DPS makes things go a bit faster (which helps me because I've run a lot of this stuff way too many times already). Otherwise, I greatly prefer the more support-oriented AST style.

I suppose with WHM's wider variety of instant heals, I should give it a go again, as Lustrate was always one of the biggest draws for me on SCH (the other being the faerie so I can text mid-pull sometimes... >.>; )

I've leveled them all to 60, but white mage is my love. I love the lore, quests, the aesthetic of both the job and abilities, the raw healing, the satisfying crunch of a Stone III as it hits, the connection to the elements, the ability to clutch heal with big numbers.

While I enjoy the utility and different flavors of SCH and AST, WHM just feels right.

I enjoy all the healing classes really. For raiding though WHM is my favourite. I love the challenge of solo healing hard content during progression. Doing casual content like dungeons I run as SCH or AST.

White Mage!

I enjoy their overall aesthetic of druidism and nature. Air, earth and water are elements I tend to be particularly crazy about which the White Mage focuses on (favourite summon through the ages would be Leviathan, and I've always considered Aero and Quake spells really cool when they appeared). And while many healer sets are shared, I find the gear design for White Mages are very good, with honourable mentions going to the (High) Allagan sets and the Lvl50 Artifact sets. If only the hood was /visorable...

Gameplay wise, I really enjoy having the tools for practically any situation. I enjoy seeing those big green numbers. I love actively stance dancing. I'm in love with our big hits, despite being healers. I like watching HoTs surely but slowly getting everyone up to fighting condition. I'm crazy about landing a Cure II just as a tank buster happens. Or even a Medica (II) or Cure III as big raid damage goes out. I like the feeling of how rewarding it is to play a White Mage at a high level, despite its true and tried traditional simplicity.

Scholar is current favorite but AST may edge it out. Healing is an alt-alt job for me, so I only play it as needed by FC or when I get around to it, but SCH feels like it has the right amount of stuff to do + more powerful dps than WHM. I may change my mind when I get AST to 50. I really enjoy the look and feel of the class and it's even better to play with the recent buffs.

SCH remains my primary Job because of its flexibility and potential for min/maxing healing and DPS through proper shielding and pet management.

WHM I enjoy for its straightforward playstyle with front-heavy heal and DPS options. Very satisfying to learn fights on WHM and perform them well.

AST has a great aesthetic and a fun expanded toolkit with a couple of unique CDs and the cards. Reminds me of 2.x WHM in that you really need to know your fights since AST has the fewest instant healing options. The other two Jobs still feel more powerful and "complete" to me, but AST has tools to find a niche now, I think.

AST for me. I absolutely love the animations. They are beautiful. I have always loved the night and day - sun/moon/stars theme. I love the weapon, and feel their Eso gear is, by far, the best. I enjoy being able to heal via regen or shields (even switching in dungeons based on the fight), buff my party, as well as throw some DPS out there.

I main scholar but my favorite is ast. The new buffs are amazing and the card system is really fun. The animations are super flashy and the best of any other job.

Scholar would be my favourite if it wasn't so semi DPS centric. I absolutely adore the weapon, the casting animations, the spell animations, having pets (Carby for scholar pls). However I don't like playing DPS, I like to heal. So Ast is the next best thing since again I love the aesthetics haha.

I like to heal and the best heals are from the WHM so thats my favorite.