I agree with OP. I really miss the golden years before Shadowbringers. Healers were fun and had different flavours to them. Very enjoyable. Healers are now a shell of who they use to be especially Astro and Sch. Those jobs were absolutely destroyed by the devs in Shb.

However, I am holding out hope. Yoshi P did say most jobs were gonna have entirely new rotations. Maybe healers are gonna be in that mix? I’m hopeful they are. Though, I do believe Whm and Sge should have more dps options and AST and Sch should be the more support type.

OP you’re not alone in your thoughts. Keep pressing on and keep giving feedback and maybe one day they will finally hear you. With popularity the game became simplified. Quite sad to be honest. But it is what it is.