White Mage is Poorly designed compared to Scholar

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I love the whm, its fun. But to say its better because of how you like to play? Which way is that?

Can't speak directly for Brody, but I prefer whm simply because it fits me, I've been full time healing in MMOs going back some 15 years. The whole mitigation healing thing is comparatively recent and I'm just not as comfortable or natural with shields as I am with good old fashioned big heals and HoTs.

Speaking of poorly designed. Why don't whm have a better tool than stoneskin for dealing with infirmity?

The same reason sch don't have a better tool than succor/rouse/wd for dealing with T5 fireballs.