While you're not the first to note WHM's strength in DPS... Thanks for the detailed post. Supposing this does get WHM a meta spot. SE sees the job as a pure healer. How much stock do you want to put in it staying like this?

And of course, utility isn't purely raid damage. It's also things like the fairy healing with no GCD and MP cost. It's the ability to weave lustrates without losing a GCD. And so on. But then, Virus is going the way of the dodo. And for all that WHM may still be the stronger DPSer.

Also honestly? Fuck the lilies. Nobody in their right mind is going to waste gcds in cures to proc lilies. Stop acting as if the lilies are detrimental to the job.
They ARE detrimental to the job... precisely because it's a deadweight mechanic. DPS output might carry white mage... but that doesn't mean baggage isn't baggage.