We are in need of a official response to the healer situation

[Yuyuka3]

I appreciate it.

Currently, Misery is being looked at as a loss. However, do consider that during raids there are periods of downtime. I have no doubt you can waste black lillies here if you truly have no other avenue.

But on more realistic notes, not everyone is always at optimal play. Mistakes happen, and therefore patching up is needed. There are OGCDs, and while some can certainly be used here, you cannot always spare it, thus a GCD heal may be required. What Misery does is turn required GCD healing into a gain. I'm sure you can review your own play and see areas where you could utilize them.

That isn't to say it can't be better. In the discussion thread, I pointed out that I think you could add in a weaker instant cast Damage spell as an option that would nicely round out the Afflatus kit, though more can be done with it.

Wasting resources is sub-optimal play. Also, WHM already generates more than enough overheal already thanks to, for example, Assize spam and regens, no need to add even more just to waste the damned Lilies. Unfortunately,you are probably right that this might be the way to go about it, provided that they even spawn the Blood Lily if you overheal with them. The Lilies we have now don't appear when you overheal. I also agree with Atlantasia, my most used GCD heals are Regen and Medica II, and none of those are replacable with the Afflatus-heals since they function differently.
Even if you consider sub-optimal play of the party, unless several people f*ck up together, you are still unlikely to cast 3 GCD heals in 90 seconds. Yes, I had such parties, they were no fun and usually don't get very far since they are normally also lacking in other areas (like damage; people dying left and right is a huge DPS loss for the party), so why even count them? And let's not forget here that people f*cking up very often means people dying; at which point your precious Afflatus skills are absolutely worthlesss, they cannot bring them back on their feet unless I severely misunderstood them, which I doubt.

So, let's say I do use an Afflatus spell to iron out the occasional mishap. Unless that happens 3 times in 90 seconds, you will be sitting on Lilies just as you are now, and you won't use Misery all that often, either. The Lily system is better than before, yes, but it is nowhere near mindblowingly good or super useful, as you seem to think.