I feel like at this point we got to look at sage and white mage and ask what do they offer over their counterparts Scholar and Astro, even healing/utility kits on Ast/Sch are way stronger then utility on whm/sage.

I do actually think a part of that is current healer design is so static that mild variance in damage & utility will just make a clear choice, theirs also a question with astro that should a top end astro player be rewarded compared to a white mage, previously i might have been against that but now I think white mage should be a lot closer in total damage due to not having to jump through as much hoops as astro to get there.

Sage and Scholar is a conversation where Scholar just out classes Sage's kit because both classes were closely designed but Scholar brings more vital and a more stronger kit then Sage, even if sage feels more refined and less annoying to use in comparison.

Ideally healers should have more different/stronger niches, its a problem relating to making every job relative to each other which healer has been the most known for doing this out of anything else, so the choice is obvious even when the differences aren't that massive.