Plenary Indulgence was THIS close to being good.

[BroodingFicus]

Are you serious? You mean to tell me that Aero III's animation isn't cool, or that the constant staff-spinning animations aren't fun to watch? That the Holy twirl isn't pretty? Earthly Star is fun but it's also mostly just particle effects; the stars are not only an easy grpahic, but they largely just copied the same display as the AST LB3, just on a smaller scale. I think this complaint in particular is one you won't worry about so much in a few months when all the "new" has graduated to "normal".

I'm not saying those aren't nice but I will point out that all the ones you listed are not from Stormblood, which is where I feel like they failed with WHM. On the contrary I also think things like looks become more important once content is no longer shiny and new. What do they say about glamours? That they're the true end game, and that's because people like to look and feel powerful. WHM visually, in comparison, looks like your grans version of a healer.

[LegoTechnic]

I'm not saying those aren't nice but I will point out that all the ones you listed are not from Stormblood, which is where I feel like they failed with WHM. On the contrary I also think things like looks become more important once content is no longer shiny and new. What do they say about glamours? That they're the true end game, and that's because people like to look and feel powerful. WHM visually, in comparison, looks like your grans version of a healer.

I can see this, but consider the other healer kits in full. Earthly Star is very pretty, sure, but the Minor Arcana and Sleeve Draw are pretty standard animations. On SCH side Excogitation is kind of cool with the page-rip animation and bubble on the target, but they're only noticeable if you really look. Fey Union is just a tether with a reuse of the fairy-spin animation and all three healers got reworked animations for their primary nukes. Comparing them all I think it's less an issue of them putting more work into the visuals, and more that Earthly Star as a spell is just an easier mechanic to make visually stunning than anything else offerred. I mean Divine Benison looks pretty cool, but much like excogitation unless you're the active target then you really have to look in order to see the effect because it's just a single-target shield and not a giant AoE burst.