What troubles me most is that a lot of WHM's popularity is because SCH and AST are stuck with gimmicks and players just don't find them fun, so WHM or Sage is their only option. Not because WHM is good. However, SE will likely direct all their attention to SCH and AST to try and increase their popularity and as we've seen in the past, they do this by buffing the class until players start picking it up again, rather than needed reworks. They'll assume WHM is doing great because it's "popular". So AST will become even more OP and WHM will remain untouched.

Quote Originally Posted by Hysterior View Post
I don't agree with everything, especially on MP economy.
WHM is the premium Raise healer in chaotic runs and the messiest progs, where you actually need to be using Thin Air + Raise on cooldown. Otherwise it's the worst. Who cares if you can Raise a few times for free when AST can pay the full cost and still never run out of mana? You also have to double weave to Swift+Thin air, or delay a GCD, which is clunkiness the other healers don't have.

As soon as your group is semi competent Thin Air becomes rubbish. 4% mana on a 1 minute cooldown. No other healers have mana regeneration tools that get worse the better you play.

Benediction is not OP, it's overkill. Essential Dignity is superior due to its far shorter cooldown and double charges. Bene just fills niches like Living Dead.