Quote Originally Posted by PyurBlue View Post
That's part of what I mean when I say "ignore lilies for healing". In that case you're not so much healing as you are setting up DPS. This also manifests as using OGCD heals during combat and only spending lilies when there is downtime, like a boss jumping away in a raid or between pulls in dungeons. As long as you don't overcap doing that it's the best way to use them because it negates their GCD cost.

It's less of a problem in really damage heavy fights that are more likely to force lily healing, but there is quite a of lot content where you can get away with excluding lilies as a healing resource and just considering them a prestep in maximizing DPS. I'm not sure if it bothers anyone else, but I've never liked that aspect of WHM.
The way I view it is that the lilies are almost cemented as the first choice heal because of it, rather than ignored. Fight timeline, whether there's incoming downtime and if it's a trash pull or not depending. I don't think it's fair to say that this is the cause of prioritising oGCDs, because that's not behaviour exclusive to white mage. Scholars don't ignore adlo for lustrate, sages sageadlo for sagelustrate nor ast benefic for their myraid ogcds that I also don't know the names of. Prioritising oGCDs is just part of optimising for damage, which is ultimately the goal of every job.