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  1. 05-14-2025 05:13 PM #1
    Supersnow845
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    Basically it’s the same problem as calculating the effective utility of expedient. It’s not whether you saved the run on WHM it’s whether you saved the run on WHM and if you were on any other class at that time you wouldn’t have saved the run. That’s a hard thing to calculate and is a very narrow niche for being WHM’s only functional niche. Like if you saved the party by dumping healing out on WHM could you guarantee that you couldn’t do that on a SCH using seraphism to spam accession or an AST spamming neutral sect plus whatever other actions they have?

    Because right now that’s WHM’s only niche, is theoretical recovery beyond what the other healers could handle, just “recovery” isn’t a niche of WHM. In every other field WHM is weaker than the other healers and those are quantifiable and useful fields because (especially) more mitigation is never useless, potential recovery potential often is
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    As a healer main in this game for nigh on 14 years all I can say is that I’m tired. My role has been eroded of complexity and expression for 3 expansions. I’ve watched the tanks do my role for me for 2 expansions and my feedback and critiques continue to fall on deaf ears.

    I have no idea who modern healers are designed for but I know now it’s not me. This is the first expansion I’m truly considering dropping the healer role and not returning, so if that was the goal- congratulations I guess
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  2. 05-14-2025 06:14 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Supersnow845 View Post
    Basically it’s the same problem as calculating the effective utility of expedient. It’s not whether you saved the run on WHM it’s whether you saved the run on WHM and if you were on any other class at that time you wouldn’t have saved the run. That’s a hard thing to calculate and is a very narrow niche for being WHM’s only functional niche. Like if you saved the party by dumping healing out on WHM could you guarantee that you couldn’t do that on a SCH using seraphism to spam accession or an AST spamming neutral sect plus whatever other actions they have?

    Because right now that’s WHM’s only niche, is theoretical recovery beyond what the other healers could handle, just “recovery” isn’t a niche of WHM. In every other field WHM is weaker than the other healers and those are quantifiable and useful fields because (especially) more mitigation is never useless, potential recovery potential often is
    Sure, you can go from 100 to 0 mana while spamming seraphism, but you have to keep in mind it's on a 3-minute cooldown. If you used sera on a previous mechanic and shit hit the fan, you have no way to answer that. Maybe... you might be lucky and have recitation + indo... maybe. The same can be said about the Neutral sect. AST is great, but it requires planning your spells. If you can predict fuck ups you can essentially mitigate that but now, let's be real..

    WHM is far from niche, but its weaknesses are as apparent as its strengths.
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