Quote Originally Posted by KarmaYraeon View Post
White mage sits in a pretty good position in terms of identity, given it is the original healer.tm. Its identity as the healer-variant to black mage means that it already has a solid position as a cast-time-reliant healer that provides really high raw potency damage and healing. Its regen is always reliable, and its ability to spot heal and aoe heal both are really strong key points of its kit. It would be nice to see it continuing down this route as the go-to standard, simple-but-powerful raw potency healer.
I've never quite understood where the "high raw potency healing" image for WHM comes from:

- Lustrate and Druochole aren't that far below Afflatus Solace, Cure II, and Tetragrammaton.
- Indomitability and Ixochole are the same potency as Afflatus Rapture and Medica.
- Adloquium, Succor, Eukrasian Diagnosis, and Eukrasian Prognosis actually come out ahead of Cure II and Medica if you include the shields.

Or from a different angle, any combination of healers has to be able to deal with "oops, everyone's at 1% HP" mechanics in Duty Finder, so WHM's allegedly high potency heals don't set it apart in the exact scenario where high potency heals ought to mean something, because the party can't rely on having a WHM in the first place.

I wish WHM were the healer counterpart of BLM, but for me, WHM simply lacks in everything that actually makes playing BLM interesting and fun.