Quote Originally Posted by HyperiusUltima View Post
Misery and Toxikon can stay on GCD for all I care since they're offensives. I just want WHM's Afflatus abilities to actually be turned to oGCD since they grind hard against the 1.5s cast time despite being instant cast. It feels like there's a flaw in design when the other healers don't have this problem - and sure, you can argue that it'd be too similar to SGE in this regard, but those Lilies would at least be building up to something that's actually a gain instead of a loss and would bump up WHM significantly if they kept Misery's current potency.
I'm going to throw down this card: Making the lilies OGCD heals is objectively worse than just buffing Misery's potency for every type of WHM player. Here's why...

1. Many players like that WHM is a slower-paced healer, whether it's because they're not as skilled enough to play the other healers, or sometimes because they physically have a hard time with higher APM jobs like AST due to conditions like arthritis. While WHM is hilariously bad in almost every way compared to the other healers, being a low APM job actually is a unique aspect of the job and could be utilized to great effect to make it a job that's slower but more methodological.
2. Currently, if you're reapplying your DoTs on time every time, that equates to 3 GCDs every 90 seconds leaving you with potentially 33 Glare III casts. You may be forced to heal instead for a few of those, but emphasis on the word "forced." Ideally, you will not have to use your GCD heals, and thus are aiming for 33 Glare IIIs every 90 seconds. If Misery is made DPS neutral, then lily heals are no longer a deterrent and can be used interchangeably with Glare III at no potency loss (Potentially for a gain if you time your Miseries with buff windows). This means theoretically 4 less Glare III casts per 90 second window if you're not over capping on lilies. Casting less Glare III is something everyone wants.
3. It makes lilies competitive with OGCD healing on other healers in the same way that Pneuma is. It's not OGCD, but because Pneuma is DPS neutral, it can therefore be used interchangeably with OGCDs. The same would be true for Lilies if Misery were buffed, resolving your concern.