White Mage: You should DPS and here's why.

[Eidolon]

I'm going to stick with Heals and non-agressive Support. Where I feel I belong.
But to answer your qusetion, my overall glvl as a WHM is 54. Not too high, I know.

That may be the difference. As you get more and more geared as a white mage, your mana becomes more flexibile. But early on, I agree - our mana isn't as free. You are fully in the right to focus on heals at that point due to being entry-level in gear, and it's not lazy. But at the level a lot of other white mages are talking about - Full Darklight, Artifact+1 weapon, there is the ability to branch out and do more and more. The same goes for SCH's - they won't be able to have their Fairy solo-heal early on, because the fairy takes a snap shot of their character when summoned and its stats are based upon them.