Ok, I'll put in my 2 cents as well even if I'm sure most of it has been said.

A. The new role system means nothing to a WHM. We gain nothing from it. In fact they more or less stripped us for parts and now we'll be forced to buy back our own toys while the other healers get new shiny ones of their own on top of access to ours. The biggest hit to me is Divine Seal. That's a Job specific, quest locked ability that they have taken away without giving us anything in its place.

B. The lily system is bogus. You can't/shouldn't base a major mechanic on a low percentage (20%), tacked onto an RNG proc (crit), on a few moves that it isn't logical to spam (cure/cure II). Not only that but the reward isn't worth diddly squat. Honestly I can see myself ignoring the lily system completely as it stands now because it isn't worth playing inefficiently and holding cool downs for the sake of a chance to get lower cool downs. Either the reward needs a serious rework or the effort to get it needs to come way down and that's the bare minimum. Personally, I'd say its both.

C. Confession is...a semi neat concept that, again, is executed poorly due to the fact that it procs only off of our Cure/Cure II. Why are they trying to excommunicate our AoE/Hot skills? I've read some people supposing this is because square wants WHM to do more cure spamming but if that is the case, we have even more problems than I thought.

D. Is any other WHM kinda tired of being the most visually dull healer? Its like the Charlie Brown Halloween special. Everyone else: I GOT CANDY. I GOT A QUARTER. I GOT A CHOCOLATE BAR. White mages:...I got a rock. With all the focus on spending time with our current tank and healing classes by not adding new ones, I expected more than a few vague lights and slightly redesigned rocks. Especially when AST can open up a galaxy. WHM's are harnessing the freakin' power of the elementals and flinging it at their enemies but Square seems to shy away from doing anything to express that other than dull rocks. Why don't our big heals explode in leaves or flower petals? Why isn't ensuna a rush of cleansing water? Something on par with the AST in terms of design . Instead I'm left feeling like our moves are the stock photo's the came with the frame rather than anything original.

If I sound bitter, I probably am honestly. I'll admit that I wasn't impressed with how WHM was treated coming into HW and nothing was really ever addressed. Still, I stuck with it and had hope that SB would finally set things right. Only it seems we got shafted and so my patience is rather thin with the whole situation at this point. I'm hoping since they have half acknowledged how many complaints there are and that our concerns seem to be echoed outside the forums, things will be adjusted pre launch. I know a rework is unlikely, but hopefully something to make it feel worth while and exciting to experience the content as a WHM rather than being envious of everyone else or abandoning the class in favor of one Square doesn't seem to hate. I almost fall into the camp of 'scrap it and start over'. That's how far off base the changes feel.