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

[Exiled_Tonberry]

@Watachy: WHM was only good in 3.0 because AST was bad. AST offers too much to the raid and WHM offers too little (aka nothing).
Re only reason WHM isn't dead right now is because people are used to the job. It's seriously lacking compared to the other two healers.

Is it a bad healer? No, it isn't. But it pales in comparison to its competition.
Also please tell me what WHMs identity is, if you feel they're not lacking in one.
Please dont say burst heals, pure heals or regen healer because absolutely every other healer does this as well. Please tell me what WHM uniquely brings to the table as a healer.

[Watachy]

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WHM was the best healer since a long time and have now powerfull abilities since AST got buffed. AST was litterally a job that everyone was trashtalking back then and even now suffering from that past reputation.
In WHM case you still have a good reputation as great healer because it's fact, WHM is a great healer. You're not offering that much advantages like the others but it depends on your point of view.

As a main healer people expect you to heal and doing it properly (not decently, properly) you don't really need offer things for you party either. What about monks then ? It's the same problem, those two jobs are great in the way they are.
AST is now as interesting as WHM and it's a good thing too.

As i said, why are you complaning since your job is litterally as good it was ? Nothing really changed, just the community finally realised that AST is a good healer too.