Buffs to WHM on 4.5 patch

[Coltvoyance]

We weren't asking for a huge shakeup before 5.0. We were asking for potency bumps to stone and maybe the aeros. It would have taken almost no development effort to change the numbers a la MCH and MNK in this very same patch, and would have made WHM more competitive in the raid scene.

Of course the changes we got are still nice in terms of general playability/making WHM more pleasant, but they're not changes that change WHM's standing.

Riiiight... and I was explaining that prior to the patch, Yoshi had stated that those kind of changes to WHM weren't going to happen until 5.0. And people should realize that.

My understanding was that throughout 4.X, WHM was planned to be a pure healer and they decided to keep it that way for the rest of 4.X. Boosting it's core damaging skills is not part of that vision. The changes help us heal better, which is what our class is currently designed to do. Just like MCH and MNK got buffs for what their classes are designed to do.

There's only 5-ish months left before the new expansion drops and the class gets revamped anyway. The last thing that the Dev. team is probably focused on is trying to change our place in a soon to be obsolete meta. They're likely too busy making sure we have a place in the new meta.