sooooo.... I used to play a paladin healer in wow.

[DukeGr]

Theres no such equivalent as PLD healer in ffxiv. The only similarity WHM/SCH got with wow PLD is that they both heal, everything else is very very different. WoW PLD has heavy armor/buffs/decent dps/can tank even on healer tree. WHM has robe/1 buff/1 aoe dps skill and dies like a fly. SCH has robe/some occasional group buffs/very bad dps/dies like a fly. So basically i would recommend unless ur adamant on just healing to try out either PLD or WAR and see how it goes.

[Taerra]

Theres no such equivalent as PLD healer in ffxiv. The only similarity WHM/SCH got with wow PLD is that they both heal, everything else is very very different. WoW PLD has heavy armor/buffs/decent dps/can tank even on healer tree. WHM has robe/1 buff/1 aoe dps skill and dies like a fly. SCH has robe/some occasional group buffs/very bad dps/dies like a fly. So basically i would recommend unless ur adamant on just healing to try out either PLD or WAR and see how it goes.

we're talking only about the healing standpoint here. holy priest, pld and resto sham were all about direct heals with a few variants here and there. As far as heals are concerned ( heal, lesser heal, greater heal etc.) it's a lot similar to whm, perhaps excluding the massive AoE healing. Whereas druid was HoT focuse and disc priest was more like SCH where it mitigated damage.

So yes, if you're looking for a reactive healer with big numbers, WHM should do it for you.