How does SE plan to restore White Mage's identity as a healer?

[Erudito]

How? Simple, make each healer have a focus.

All healers heal, but how do they heal? AST focuses on basic yet instant heals + potent HoTs when in Diurnal or potent shields while in Nocturnal. Scholar has medium heals + barriers and tactical heal bursts that depend on Aetherflow stacks and the fairy. These 2 have something in common, they take very unique stances on their healing capabilities which adds a more dependable feel to their healing.

Currently, the white mage has a mix of just about everything but shielding: Emergency heals, tactical burst heals and healing over time. This effectively makes it a very good healer on all regards, but phases out its identity, its just a healer. No, the white mage needs a focus, and a few tweaks to its abilities to reflect this focus. What focuses can the white mage have? That is up for the dev. team to figure out but I can suggest one. How about a potent healer that has stronger heals than the other healers by increasing potency of just about all healing spells? Make Medica 2 a huge number AoE heal and get rid of its HoT effect? How about increase range of Cure 3 but have its potency affected by range from healer? I don't know, just throwing ideas.

On a side note, can we please have a weak TP regen integrated into Asylum? Would that be a bad idea?

[dejiko_san]

Make Medica 2 a huge number AoE heal and get rid of its HoT effect? How about increase range of Cure 3 but have its potency affected by range from healer? I don't know, just throwing ideas.

I was with ya until that part, medica 2 HoT is needed for attacks that constantly tick your hp down...

[Exiled_Tonberry]

I feel that WHM has a ton of dps potential that it can't utilize because of it's jarring MP issues and the nature of it's job.

Maybe they should develop more skills like Assize, but don't make it effected by Cleric Stance.

Or make it so that when under shroud of saints, divine Seal or presence of mind, you get a stack, let's just call it Priest Stance, that lowers the mp cost of all DPS spells and allows you to dps outside of Cleric Stance without penalty.

Let's say this Priest Stance stack increased by 10 seconds with each of these abilities you use. You can effectively stack up to 30 seconds of being able to fully dps, outside of Cleric Stance and at a lower MP cost.

I just really don't want them to slap utility and shields on them just because the others have it.
WHM deserves it's own identity just like the other two have.

[Gemina]

I feel that WHM has a ton of dps potential that it can't utilize because of it's jarring MP issues and the nature of it's job.

Maybe they should develop more skills like Assize, but don't make it effected by Cleric Stance.

You are 100% correct, and that potential is limited by those very same MP issues. If WHM had an infinite MP pool to draw from like SCH, is can just spam holy until the fight is done. The MP issue is not an issue, it's what prevents a WHM from being stupidly OP. Be HAPPY they gave us SoS, because they honestly didn't have to.

For the life of me I cannot figure out why healers want to cause more damage. Y'all like a wolf(dps) in sheep's(healer's) clothing.