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

[Docteur_Fluttershy]

ok, i didnt get that you were only thinking of spell and abilities that deal direct heals.

About exiled, i agree with what you say, back before 3.0, and at the beginning of 3.0, WHM had the upper hand in healing capabilities (with sch very close for some reason, but sch is OP, yoshida said it, everyone knows it, so let's take that out of the equation.)

The boost to AST were clearly made to make it very very strong for the end of the extension so more people would play it, to counter the lack of player of AST from the lame AST of the 3.0 start and make the community forget this happened.

The problem is now, AST heals, WHM heals and SCH heals are pretty much of the same caliber (you can prove me wrong if you think so, i'm open minded if you have good arguments about that), but SCH got the fairy, and AST got the cards, where WHM got... stoneskin, serenity and aquatic aura.Let's also add that protect, priest stance and wind are WHM skills used in both other healer's cross skills slot, where they are a full skill for WHM, and both other healers get their full potencial, where WHM get lame E4E and virus.

EDIT: The topic isnt that the WHM is bad. stop with that. The topic is SCH and AST are better, so why bother taking WHM? equity doesnt instantly mean something is bad, it just mean everything isnt equal if two are really powerfull and the other is decent, and then there is a problem.