Quote Originally Posted by Veis_Alveare View Post
But why can't all the healers just have utility? Like it doesn't take gigabrain coordination to press Chain Stratagem every two minutes, I think even the bad WHM players could cope if they had to use an occasional buff on someone. Give them Bravery and Faith with some % damage increase and nerf their personal dps a bit.
I'm not sure that would make WhM more fun though. Not that I'd disagree with it, I just don't think it's a major fix. Selfish dps can work, especially now fflogs goes by rdps. SAM is in the best spot it's ever been.

One problem with WhM is, being the no-utility healer of the bunch, you'd expect it to be great at raw dps and healing. You'd expect WhM to be the one to say "I got this, you focus on buffs/dps, I'll take the bulk of the heals. That's my specialty." In reality WhM is arguably the worst at taking bulk healing, with AST being the king, having ample strong oGCD's it can smoothly weave in, the highest potency aoe heal in Star, shields and even being solid at on-demand heals with a much cheaper Cure II, Medica II and Regen. WhM pays high taxes to heal. Even using a lily to heal costs a precious weave/movement tool and unexpected oGcDs cost 100 dps potency each due to the clip.

WHM's identity is strange in that Enix are stubborn it must have the weaknesses of being the least mobile class in the game, no shields worth speaking of and no utility but gives it nothing in exchange but simplicity and being good in dungeons.

I don't think it needs a full rework and high complexity, it's the most popular healer in the game so there's probably something in that. People like straightforward and effective. There's no juggling redraws for the same seal 3 times or clunky ghosting pets to manage. But it falls off badly in endgame because it lacks depth and feels awful to optimize and ends up being the trap healer for people who aren't that great at healing. It does need changes and they need to ease up on this triple weakness design they've latched onto because it makes it impossible to make the class fun.