So sick of 1-button spam I'm not even looking forward to the expansion...

[aveyond-dreams]

I can only hope the upcoming shift of players towards Sage teaches SE how the design of other healers pale in comparison to it. When Sages outnumber them 10 to 1 throughout the entirety of the expansion maybe that will force their hand.

[Acidblood]

I can only hope the upcoming shift of players towards Sage teaches SE how the design of other healers pale in comparison to it. When Sages outnumber them 10 to 1 throughout the entirety of the expansion maybe that will force their hand.

In all likelihood WHM will remain the most popular healer simply because it is the easiest to learn*... I would expect SGE to outnumber SCH by a good margin though.

* Note: This does not mean I think WHM is the 'best' healer, design or other wise; but when the duty finder forces 1/4 of the party to be healers, the majority of people are going to pick the easy option.

Edit: Also, +1 to the OP, the second I got my healers to 80 (which was only the other day :/) I stopped playing them and have no intention of picking them up again any time soon... I will probably check out SGE in EW, but I don't have high hopes. Oh, and this has nothing to do with not liking healing; I practically mained WHM in HW and SCH in SB, and have been a Holy Priest (healer) in WoW Classic since week one.

[HappyHubris]

In all likelihood WHM will remain the most popular healer simply because it is the easiest to learn*... I would expect SGE to outnumber SCH by a good margin though.

This seems overly reductive.

WHM is my main healer because it has the strongest Final Fantasy lore and class feel, not because it is less mechanically demanding.

I've also done other healers and the mechanical difficulty differences between them are negligible compared to any DPS role. It's like saying that the Power Wheels corvette is faster than the Power Wheels jeep.