Is it fun?

[Grimoire-M]

This part of the healer's kit needs to be changed. Even if it was just 2-3 different DPS skills that we could cobble together for a rotation of sorts would be nice (like an insta cast damage spell on WHM to alternate between that and Glare with the occasional Dia getting thrown in instead of the insta cast damage spell), cause this entire thing just sucks. The WHM Holy Spam I don't mind so much as that's riding the line between DPSing and healing well enough that it makes the pulls be interesting enough.

Agreed, but the devil is in ‘how’ we go about this. Average tank mains complain about having three different WAR clones and a Gunbreaker when it comes their overall rotation structure, and GCD wise that is what holds true. No one’s pretending that they don’t have intricacies, just not enough differences, much the same as healer DPS currently.

My proposal would be to add differences between Scholar and White Mage that make their damage rotations feel distinct while Astrologian leans into cards more, but I would also note that some tangentially related issues that their DPS kits should also be solved. The things that White Mage currently lacks are Movement options, and 2-Minute burst to synergize with Astrologian and Scholar’s raid DPS cool downs. By contrast, Scholar’s Energy Drain, Ruin II, and Dissipation are all in bad spots but mostly serve DPS related purposes when utilized well, and mostly need tuning. What Scholars want is aspects of Arcanist they used to have (Bane, DoTs) back, and something extra on the DPS side to weave alongside healing cool downs would be appreciated. Scholar and White Mage are also most commonly differentiated as the oGCD and GCD healer respectively, so there is room to continue that precedent on the DPS side.

Worth chewing on those notes when coming up with any suggestions you may have in mind.