Would WHM be too strong with some support utility?

[Tint]

Easy fix for white Mage is to simply buff their heals to the same potency as ast, and give their cleric stance a trait so that it transforms x% damage into a heal for the target with the lowest HP. And yes I know whm would have more potency thanks to mind raid bonus so just make ast bonus based on stance and voila problem fixed. Whm has their unique utility DPS while ast has their cards

WHM already has the same potencys as AST, because AST was buffed. WHM should have higher potencys.

your idea for cleric stance... just nope. just spamming attack spells and the healing works automaticly? there is a reason i don't play SCH.

and nobody cares for the mind bonus because of healing. this mind bonus is actually the best utility a whm can offer at the moment: increasing the dps of himself and his co-heal.

[myahele]

It would be nice if in 4.0 WHM will have at least 1 utility spell. I am thinking something like a dmg/atk boosting spell (like what we see the WHM use in a cutscene) but make it have a long-ish cool down.

As it stands WHM offers nothing but burst/ HoT healing ... which is fine and all but AST offers that as well as the occasional buff. SCH also now can burst heal with it's new abilities in 3.0 (albeit it's not constant like WHM or AST) AND they can reliably boost the parties atk speed for 30s every 1m

Making Stoneskin 2 available in combat will be nice. With it's cast time + MP cost, it can't be spammed. At the very least make stoneskin trait reduce MP cost rather than what we have right now

[gehrtalert]

I've been saying it for a while...
Give Stoneskin an in-battle proc, off of whatever ability(an overcure proc, Crit cure whatever, random Stoneskin) that gives an in-combat Stoneskin 2 use. It would easy to develop for SE and it would be great to have in game. Easy fix for everyone.

As for offensive buffs...
Give WHM an ability like Bane. Give us the ability to spread our DoTs instantly. Aero 1 and 2 would be so much better if they didn't have to waste so many CDs to put on a group of mobs.
As for party wide dps buffs, maybe give PoM a party wide AoE affect like Medica 2. Maybe give Asylum or one of the other insta-cast abilities a buff with it.

As for the OP, no, WHM wouldn't be too strong with more party-wide support.

[Rennies]

Synastry. ,-,

I'd sooner have Synastry nerfed than the cards, which are the main draw of the class.

[Kabzy]

-Snip-

I said some utility, not all. Though if AST keeps its current buffs and heal potencies, I'd assume WHMs will have a lot to look forward to in 4.0.

[Llynd]

I've been saying it for a while...
Give Stoneskin an in-battle proc, off of whatever ability(an overcure proc, Crit cure whatever, random Stoneskin) that gives an in-combat Stoneskin 2 use. It would easy to develop for SE and it would be great to have in game. Easy fix for everyone.

As for offensive buffs...
Give WHM an ability like Bane. Give us the ability to spread our DoTs instantly. Aero 1 and 2 would be so much better if they didn't have to waste so many CDs to put on a group of mobs.
As for party wide dps buffs, maybe give PoM a party wide AoE affect like Medica 2. Maybe give Asylum or one of the other insta-cast abilities a buff with it.

As for the OP, no, WHM wouldn't be too strong with more party-wide support.

Loooooooooool, is that a troll ? Maybe you want a fairy with that ? Or a Critlo. Seriously, sch is THE DPS healer. It's not Whm's role to dps you know.

[Kabzy]

Loooooooooool, is that a troll ? Maybe you want a fairy with that ? Or a Critlo. Seriously, sch is THE DPS healer. It's not Whm's role to dps you know.

SCHs only DPS because they can maintain it, otherwise WHM brings the highest burst DPS of the three. A main healer may not DPS that much, but there are always times when they can contribute. Burst heals and personal DPS are the only thing that WHM actually have over AST at the moment, so it's not completely out of line wanting buffs in that area.

I don't particularly agree with gehrtalert's buff suggestions, but all healers are diverse enough to see buffs in various aspects of their toolkits. WHM is a main healer, but with your mindset they should only ever get a buff in healing, and to be honest that's really not the issue with WHM atm.

[Llynd]

Whm got no issue, Ast is the problem.

[Khalithar]

I've been saying it for a while...
Give Stoneskin an in-battle proc, off of whatever ability(an overcure proc, Crit cure whatever, random Stoneskin) that gives an in-combat Stoneskin 2 use. It would easy to develop for SE and it would be great to have in game. Easy fix for everyone.

Maybe not a stoneskin 2 but a free instant cast stoneskin on the tank as a proc effect is definitely a good idea in my opinion.

[Rawrz]

I've been saying it for a while...
Give Stoneskin an in-battle proc, off of whatever ability(an overcure proc, Crit cure whatever, random Stoneskin) that gives an in-combat Stoneskin 2 use. It would easy to develop for SE and it would be great to have in game. Easy fix for everyone.

I was thinking a more useful version of old benefic.

Change the Stoneskin passive to something like "One with Earth"
Casting Stone, Stone II, or Stone III have a 15% chance to reduce the cast time to instant and the MP cost to 0.

To "pure" healers, this would be an unnecessary buff. To DPS aggressive WHM, this could be a game changer I feel.