I want the game designers to show us WHM-s how to play optimally without clipping

[Mortex]

WHM got the revamped lily system in Shadowbringers, which largely addressed the main problem for WHM in Stormblood, i.e. being heavily punished in DPS for having to GCD heal. WHM went from being the lowest rDPS healer in Stormblood by a large margin to being the highest at the start of Shadowbringers. (AST and SCH got some buffs during the expansion, and now WHM is bottom again, but only by a small margin.)

I mean the revamped lily system still forces you too use a Gcd to heal. The only reason why whm became the most dmg strong healer is the fact that his single target dmg spell got the highest potency number by a margin and that it changed from earth based element too neutral element. And yes they fixed Lily’s from being absolutely horrible to still horrible but you can play with it. And also when you look for the best player healer dmg you have fights were astro does out dps whm by a mile just because astro has so much better possibilities. And I can tell you that whm mains that try to perfect optimization the job are fierce players that would stick too the job through hell and back. I ditched it for astro and I still love the job.

[BungleBear]

I mean the revamped lily system still forces you too use a Gcd to heal.

What's wrong with using a GCD to heal? It costs you DSP. But when you use a lily GCD, the lost DPS is partially refunded by Misery. This is a solution to the problem WHM had in Stormblood. Lacking oGCD heals, they were forced to GCD heal, which tanked their DPS. A different solution would have been to move WHM's healing more towards oGCDs, but this would have further homogenised the healing jobs. I actually think the new lily system is a fairly elegant and innovative solution to the problem. Game devs don't get enough credit.