Quote Originally Posted by rewd View Post
You are using a very flawed logic. Why could Cure III make a difference but not bigger shields or Expedient? Cure III is not even that special anymore, especially when we also consider the limited range and WHM's MP economy.

Why bring RDM if BLM simply does more damage? Content is not required to have Magick Barrier, so it makes no sense to ever bring a RDM. Why use WAR if DRK deals more damage? Content is not balanced around Shake it Off, so there is no reason to bring a WAR. I could go on.

Some jobs shine more during prog, other jobs are better suited for kills/speed kills. There is nothing wrong with this as long as every job is more than capable to hold their own in every environment.

SCH has Expedient, bigger shields, remote healing and a kit than handles emergencies better than SGE's does, which makes it the better "prog healer". Even the point about SGE having more heals is moot, as Energy Drain (and DPS in general) doesn't really matter, which means that SCH has just as much healing as Sage, if not even more. However, this doesn't really matter much because SGE is more than capable to be a prog healer. SGE currently does more damage (although we know Chain Stratagem will get better), but again, this doesn't mean much when SCH's DPS is more than enough to obtain a kill without forcing a perfect play from your party.

The balance between WHM and AST is in a much more dangerous situation.
Its not a flawed logic. Cure 3 is a gcd heal, all healers have gcd heals. You can have an ast spamming helios for the same effect with less efficiency. If bigger shields (shield values that other healer have no access) were mandatory, obviously that would lock sch spot which will never happen. Same with expedience, as only sch has access. its not like other healers have a worse/different version of it.

Why bring other other jobs if someone is always the numerical superior? Because if this numerical difference is small enough than its no biggie, thats why