Quote Originally Posted by ty_taurus View Post
The issue is that Energy Drain can be used on theoretically every stack of Aetherflow a SCH generates, but if your damage options have cooldowns, then you know you're getting the most value out of those options so long as you're able to keep them on cooldown. In the case of Propagation as an example, you also don't need to worry about using it during burst windows because you'll get the same damage out of it or Dia regardless of which you use. As long as you're not sitting on 2 stacks, you can use your remaining lilies freely to heal without worry and have Efflorescence to help generate a new lily if you've been managing your existing ones poorly.
Good point. I'd actually like these changes; they'd at least show the design team has an awareness of how healers actually play. I mean, given my dream design and role balance I'd love it if WHM either had significant advantages over the other three in its theme areas or got some party utility instead of dedicating itself to being 2/3 of a job (damage, healing, and something else) while not really excelling in the 2/3 it has in exchange for the 1/3 it has gutted out, but that's also another issue entirely