Healers - Before we complain we should learn the game.

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...that has been the motivation behind eight solid years of WHM really, really wanting more to do in the class they like the look/lore/etc of, and being told "no, we wont make WHM fun. WHM is the simple class, go play X instead."

your "solution" just throws half the healers under the bus

Probably you are right.. and probably SE doing right thing..
Pleasing everyone impossible so make every healer identical. Perhaps it is right approach.