Quote Originally Posted by AnotherPerson View Post
As for the 'heal powerhouse' they probably refer to on demand quick powerful heals they can give out (aka GCD heals) cause of their nearly infinite MP supply when things are not going well, though AST's MP rework puts them to a very close 2nd here because of how overtuned they got.
the only thing white mage has over astro is cure 3 tbh. recovering with ast is a lot easier than whm, since whm is mostly confined to the gcd for heals (meaning it cant get everyone to full health really fast except with cure3). Ast heals on the other hand, are mostly mp free, have low cooldowns, and since draw also has a low cooldown they can get their mp back a lot faster. Neutral sect aspected helios spam is actually stronger and cheaper than cure 3 spam, and when it comes to basic gcds, whm and ast are about even with medica(2) and (asp) helios, except ast has lightspeed for six instant helios while whm has at most 3 instant raptures. id even say ast now has a better mp economy than white mage.

So no, whm really isnt a heal powerhouse. it also wasnt one in stormblood. the only thing it has going for it healing wise is cure 3.