Quote Originally Posted by UlricCraft View Post
Healer DPS is absurdly strong.

BiS BLM = 600+ int
BiS WHM = 600+ mnd

Cleric stance swaps the mnd/int value, and adds +10% damage.

Holy = 200 +10%
Flare = 260

WHM can cast Holy 20 times before they run dry on MP, BLM can cast it 4 times before rotating again.
In any short group pull with more than 3 enemies, WHM DPS can arguably be the strongest DPS in the game.

(This only applies to trash pulls! Hehe)
This is not 100% accurate though... It is even pretty bad numbers you're giving..
Holy costs 532 MP, a decently geared healer has 5k++ MP. This amount will let you use Holy approx 12-13 times (using Shroud included), but not 20 times...
If you spam Holy, your potency / sec is 200 / 3 = 66,7.

Flare has a 260 potency, but Astral Fire 3 increases your fire damage by 80%, so the 'apparent potency' is actually 468. The rotation is (once the first rotation is done) Fire3, Fire2, Fire2, Flare.
As fire3 isnt AOE, the dmg is negligible, but we will count the time required to cast it in the rotation.
Flare potency : 468 (with AF3), Fire2 potency : 180 (with AF3).
A full rotation takes 3+3+3+4 sec to cast, for a total of 828 potency, which is 63,7 potency / sec.

So yeah, WHM are great in AOE, but it is not sustained... And the numbers are close...