So.. who's leveling a SCH?

[Eriane]

It's not about defending the "gimp" status of the WHM now. It's pointing out that things aren't nearly as bad as WHMs (and you) are making it seem like. Medica II got changed (note I said changed and not really nerfed). It still has it's HoT effect but it got extended over a longer period of time. It does change how a WHM uses the skill but it affects that skill and that skill only.

Here's the key part that everyone seems to be forgetting. NOTHING ELSE ABOUT WHITEMAGE HAS CHANGED. White mages are still going to pour out fatter heals more consistently than SCHs. They're STILL going to raid heal BETTER than SCHs. I'm so sick and tired of WHMs acting like their class got nerfed to the ground when what happened was ONE TINY CHANGE to ONE RAID HEAL. As far as I'm concerned only BRDs and maybe SMNs have a right to be crying rivers of tears.

What you fail to grasp is that sch were fine, borderline better in the first place before changes.
A sch microing the fairy would put many whm to shame in effectiveness in coil. Lest we forget that t5 in particular seems to favor sch mechanics, like lustrate not being affected by healing debuffs. This is not about player skill, it is about the toolkit and mana/threat management.

Now with pet fixes sch is even easier to manage. Whm raid healing is not what was nerfed, the mana efficiency and threat is what took a hit. And both were bad to begin with compared to sch. What was buffed was whm burst aoe healing (which still requires a raid to stack) which isn't even required in turn 1-5.