So.. who's leveling a SCH?

[Eriane]

So many bad players who need to play the perceived OP class to enjoy themselves? I really do pity you.

I've been a SCH since the start and I'll still want to group with a good WHM in an 8 man over another SCH.

I really wasn't going to touch this... but i can't help myself. Perceived OP class? Who said anything about OP. Honestly, sch were always better at single target healing, always better in t5, and perfectly fine with regards to raid healing.

Is so hard to understand that the whm changes might make the class less fun? Sch was always the more efficent healer, but it was broken. With pet fixes, its fine.

SE is trying to force whm to use cure 3. If medica 2 were op (which if you do the math, rouse succor plus fairy aoe is better by far), they could have just added a cooldown.

SE has created a problem. They are trying to force the use of a burst healing spell in a game where mechanics don't require it. So one of two things will happen.

1: Mechanics will stay mostly the same and Cure 3 will still be pointless,

2. Mechanics will require BURST aoe healing and suddenly sch's will be suffering.

[Nazzo]

Is so hard to understand that the whm changes might make the class less fun? Sch was always the more efficent healer, but it was broken. With pet fixes, its fine.

SE is trying to force whm to use cure 3. If medica 2 were op (which if you do the math, rouse succor plus fairy aoe is better by far), they could have just added a cooldown.

SE has created a problem. They are trying to force the use of a burst healing spell in a game where mechanics don't require it. So one of two things will happen.

1: Mechanics will stay mostly the same and Cure 3 will still be pointless,

2. Mechanics will require BURST aoe healing and suddenly sch's will be suffering.

Oh look, someone who actually understands what is happening and why people are upset. Neat.

[Reyno]

SE has created a problem. They are trying to force the use of a burst healing spell in a game where mechanics don't require it. So one of two things will happen.

1: Mechanics will stay mostly the same and Cure 3 will still be pointless,

2. Mechanics will require BURST aoe healing and suddenly sch's will be suffering.

Or a potential third option:

3. Mechanics will require the strengths of BOTH healers and BOTH will be as needed

Why is this suddenly no longer an option? Mind you I do feel Medica II should have been left alone. As a SCH who enjoys being paired with a WHM I don't like the change either, so I get the aggravation. I just don't feel like the need for WHM is threatened.

[Eriane]

Or a potential third option:

3. Mechanics will require the strengths of BOTH healers and BOTH will be as needed

Why is this suddenly no longer an option? Mind you I do feel Medica II should have been left alone. As a SCH who enjoys being paired with a WHM I don't like the change either, so I get the aggravation. I just don't feel like the need for WHM is threatened.

Its not, never said it was. Rather i said that sch's were always good, fairy sucked. Now the fairy is fixed, might play that class i've been eyeing for a while.

However, df does not make groups with whm/sch. It will take whatever is available. In Crystal Tower even if i form a premade, how can i know if the other groups are balanced properly to deal with mechanics that MAY require both types of healers. Plus honestly, i pug primals through df all the time.

Saying whm/sch is the best is fine, i agree. But its not always available.

[Euphe]

I just don't feel like the need for WHM is threatened.

It's not. People are just jumping the gun and assuming that it will be. Even before the patch goes live. Which I fail to see how/why people would fuss this much over a patch (will there not be future patches?). It's a shame people are getting this upset. I'm not going to say that the changes aren't a bit shocking but after you work through the initial shock and take a look at the larger picture it really isn't going to be that bad. I feel more sorry for the other jobs that got nerfed to hell than I do for some WHM changes. That's why I'm disappointed in the WHM community atm...