Is there a reason why WHM is the weakest healer in all fields?

[elioaiko]

The devs quite literally do not understand how to play healers in their own combat design. It's quite embarrassing but not shocking.

It's been this way for the longest time.

WHM is being held back on purpose bc they want it to be the easiest possible healer to play. That means it cannot have ANY semblance of thought process, no complicated abilities or too many buttons. The devs think that WHM has to be the entry healer for anyone new to the role.

Which is super ironic bc of WHM's GCD design, it prepares nothing for the other healers who are vastly superior to WHM in terms of kit design. And unfortunately due to it being the classic healer of the franchise, it will always remain as the most popular. And popularity tells the devs that it needs no changes.

[Wyti]

WHM is being held back on purpose bc they want it to be the easiest possible healer to play. That means it cannot have ANY semblance of thought process, no complicated abilities or too many buttons. The devs think that WHM has to be the entry healer for anyone new to the role.

The sad part is being easy to play don't require much.
You just need a few very powerfull CDs. The problem is WHM now has very few weak CDs, how is benediction still 3min when you have its AoE version at 3min on other jobs. why does asylum still have 90s CD for a 100potency HoT locked inside a zone while other jobs have stronger hots with less CD and / or not locked to a zone.

[Tint]

The sad part is being easy to play don't require much.
You just need a few very powerfull CDs. The problem is WHM now has very few weak CDs, how is benediction still 3min when you have its AoE version at 3min on other jobs. why does asylum still have 90s CD for a 100potency HoT locked inside a zone while other jobs have stronger hots with less CD and / or not locked to a zone.

Because it would be even less fun to buff the healing even more.

WHM may be the worst healer numbers wise and people say it's plain and boring - but without an overload of off-GCD heals and solutions to every problem it is probably the most fun healer to actually play.
You even can run out of mana if you play messy.

[CrimsonGunner]

Because it would be even less fun to buff the healing even more.

WHM may be the worst healer numbers wise and people say it's plain and boring - but without an overload of off-GCD heals and solutions to every problem it is probably the most fun healer to actually play.
You even can run out of mana if you play messy.

it isn't due to stuff they actually thought out as part of its gameplay but a result of neglect and disjoin patching from the devs.
they haven't really thought about anything that relate to whm gameplay really.

your right that part of the fun is playing with a kit that have its strength and weakness but those aren't a result of proper gameplay they thought. that is how it seems to me.