Isn't it about time for WHM to get an AOE mitigation tool?

[Miles_Maelstrom]

The problem is that they don't really seem to care much for actually putting effort into cooking up diverse and well fleshed out healing abilities. Talented they might be, but Yoshida's job team is incredibly one dimensional and short sighted when it comes to healers IMHO.

Well yeah, they have a bad track record. When they wanted to add a new healer instead of creating a new unique experience, they just took made a healer that could assume the role of either of their already existing healers with a push of a stance.

BUT, that only works once. They'll need to do something unique next time they add a healing job.

[Trunks]

This is why shielding and particularly AOE shielding are bad for the game and the healing meta. The more shielding gets added to healer jobs, the faster we slide down the slippery slope towards persistent spamming of AOE one-shot mechanics just to make healers relevant. Every new ability and tool that healers are given has potentially far-reaching consequences for the healing meta. Give WHM mitigation and then SCH and AST say, "WHM can do everything, we need Cure III", which is now pretty egregiously overpowered thanks to Thin Air.

WHM does not need mitigation; mitigation and AOE healing both need major nerfs across the board. The latest change to Succor was the exact opposite of what should've happened: Nocturnal Aspected Helios should've been reduced to Succor's level and had its MP cost increased. I am frankly astonished that AST has not seen any nerf. AOE Bole + Collective in particular is "wtf were they thinking" territory.

Nobody likes to see their Job get the bat, and I understand that. But we really need to be honest about this because, otherwise, where does it end?