Quote Originally Posted by Dhalya View Post
Please just stop bringing up FFXIV terrible leveling experience and imbalance of jobs at low level as arguments of difficulty -.- Yes I have no idea why Sage gets aoe skill at lvl 26, why AST gets lightspeed and essential so early while WHM doesn't get anything. Many great jobs just feel broken on low level thats not the issue of WHM specifically they just cba to address the old jobs globally.
Umm why? You said was beginner friendly last time I, wait one moment let me check. Oh, right! You do not start game at level 90. Huh strange. My point stands, White Mage struggle busses through content and that only grows worse as the level increases. It being "beginner friendly" is a trap and excuse devs continue making to keep making nonsense decisions about the job.

Quote Originally Posted by Dhalya View Post
That's kinda out of context since WHM has some things no other healer can pull off without planning needed, like Benediction or plenary+cure 3
Ohhhh by the twelve. Sooo cure 3 is 600 potency (after trait) boosted by indulgence 200 potency with 6 yalm range. Total potency = 800. Zoe boosted Pneuma potency = 900 with a 20 yalm radius and it procs Kardia while hitting for 330 potency making it deeps neutral. Sure sure you cannot spam it but why would you even spam cure 3? Just Glare > Indulgence > Glare > Lilybell > Glare > Temperance > Rapture. Heck, Swift/Dot refresh and double weave some of this why not. Bene is great at most levels, best with tank invuln, saving unlucky player, or post raise. You know what else is great? Two charges of essential dignity on 45 second timer. Macrocosmose curing two instances of Living Dead simultaneously. Scholar can dump out 3600 potency in Lustrates alone not even mentioning recitating indom or excog. Oh joy I can restore full hp for one person every three minutes.. yay.

Quote Originally Posted by Dhalya View Post
I disagree, swiftcast, blood lily, lily heals are better than AST's swiftcast and asp benefic (lightspeed is for reopener only, macro for adds/intense healing)
What are we speaking of here? Farming with a static because I was making general comment about average White Mage issues in all content. Swift is for raise unless group is decent then it is for movement/weaving. Blood Lily is dps negative.. Sure you can use for movement but that is one charge every three lillies expended. Aspected Benefic vs Lilies? Wat? When am I using Aspected Benefic for movement? Is that what is being implied am confused? Not being mean here. Lightspeed for intense healing? Why? It does not make you heal faster because it does not reduce re-cast time only cast time. Same number of heals per second with or without lightspeed.. However Astrodyne could accomplish this if you really really must gcd heal. Only time Astro is leaning on gcd heals should be low level play or pre-pull/downtime neutral sect.

Quote Originally Posted by Dhalya View Post
True, but that was only introduced in 6.0 and will most likely soon be patched.
Ohhhh I sure fricken hope so! Will believe when I see it because right now I am pressing X most furiously. However it is bad right now and we are talking about right now not hypothetical future changes. Running out of mana because you do not get any MP management skills beyond Lucid until 56 - 58 is bad design. It is the antithesis of newbie friendly. Thin Air opposes the current ogcd heavy design anyways. Two free raises? 800 MP of Glare? The heck does Square think you use this skill on? Probably Medica 2/Cure 3.

Unsure what the purpose of this reply was if there is to be honesty. If anything it only further re-enforced why White Mage is anything but beginner friendly. From Sastasha to P4S you are knee capping yourself by playing White Mage and saddest thing about it, you have no clue how much better the other healers have it until you play them.

Since you mentioned comfortable progging and re-openers, how the devil is Savage prog and re-openers beginner anything..? I am the confused.

The job is one hot mess right now with design that runs counter to what appears to be intended play style. Never even mentioned Aquaveil. 15% mitigation for eight seconds and I put this on who? The tank? Save a dps with it? You get this thing at level 86 by this juncture tanks or so broken stoopid overpowered. Might be good during big pull if only you could use it without clipping Holy.

If anyone likes White Mage that is okay. It was my main for some time, friends really enjoy it. That doth not mean it does not need Jesus. My brain hurts.