RIP WHM

[Coltvoyance]

Honestly, as someone who used to main WHM, and now mains PLD, I can understand where people come from on WHM being "Dead". I too, felt threatened by AST, but more than that, it's the fact that WHM was no longer unique...

When it comes to threads like this, the OP arent complaining so much about other classes being buffed as WHM continually being "Not Special". AST has cards, SCH, has its pets, WHM has....

Many parallel WHM with PLD in its reliability, but even PLD has a shield to make it feel special. WHM just has "slightly better heals... kinda", and that's not very rewarding to a lot of players.

Square could do a lot of things to make WHM stand out again, perhaps give it more surviveability? Bring back Wands and Healer shields for WHM. Make them useful and effective; a healer that can spend more time healing others because it doesnt have to worry about healing itself kind of thing. Or perhaps enhance WHM Resurrection capabilities by negating/reducing Weakness - building on its current moniker of a "Learning/Forgiveness/Safety" Party Healer. There are likely much better ideas, but these are just off the top of my head.

White Mages just want to be able to do something other healers can't; they want to bring something to the table that others aren't capable of. Every other class has their own gimmick that makes them special/unique, what does White Mage have?