Quote Originally Posted by VictoriaLuv View Post
I do not think they can fix lilies whole idea of taking damage to heal is really bad
Lilybell is a really bad ability in its current form. Taking damage as a healer in order to use a healing skill is terrible conceptually and in practice, it just doesn't work very well outside of situations that force you to take damage anyway making it too niche to warrant such a ridiculous CD of 3 minutes. Having said that, the idea to turn any remaining charges on Lilybell into shielding instead of healing does resolve the issue of the ability being just an overheal since if Lilybell goes its full duration without the WHM having taken any damage, chances are the party is in pretty good shape and the extra heal is just wasted, so I'll support that idea.

Not so much Assize being on the charge system though. It would give WHM more sustain and damage, 2 of the main issues facing WHM going into EW, but it still wouldn't be used for healing purposes since the sustain and damage far outweigh that of the need to heal with it. The charge system would realistically only give 1, maybe 2 extra uses of the skill, depending on long phase transitions that would allow for more down time to charge the skill but those are often once a fight type deals so it would be a minor benefit that ultimately misses the mark.

Making the Lily system into oGCDs would be hit or miss. It would grant WHM more oGCDs for them to utilize, thus allowing them more time to DPS with Glare but would probably result in Misery being too much of a DPS gain overall (unless heavily nerfed down to Energy Drain levels of potency) making it like SAM in that, while the other jobs have utility, it just isn't enough to keep up and while it would be lovely to see WHM in the healer meta for once, I can't really support anything that is unbalanced. A somewhat better approach would be to simply make the Lily System be purely DPS neutral by increasing the potency of Misery so that the damage isn't a problem and WHM can choose to heal or damage without having to worry about the end result. Either that or add more Lily Abilities to make it easier/quicker to build up toward Misery sooner and doing essentially the same thing but we can't have that because button bloat (even if the other healers have a greater issue with Button Bloat with more skills to their name than WHM does).