Thread: On 2.1 WHM Nerfs

WHM got buffed...not nerfed. Why are people talking about WHM dps and then complain about running out of mana? I'm confused. Do WHM have mana problem or not? Holy is a huge mana sink. You can only use it a lot when a bard is present. Most of the time when I dps, I just use stone II and aero II, it's much more efficient for bosses. Holy is only good for wp speed run and T4 but I rarely do SR cuz I had enough of wp.

Cure 3 is less useless now procd. I may consider putting it in my cross bar.

Though I'd be much happier if they increased the refresh potency of shroud of saints and/or added a few more seconds on divine seal

Holy Nerf is unacceptable makes me care even less than I already did

Didn't you have this thread already?

...Wasn't it called "Holy Nerf?"

I hardly ever used holy except on speedruns never in coil.. when your WHM is geared up medica 2 was over healing anyways I like that it lasts longer.. and cure 3 well hell I never used it cause it wasn't mana efficent seems lile they fixed it by reducing the cost on cure 2 proc.. not nerfing imo looks lile balancing.. the reduction in cure 2 cast time is fantastic

Personally, I like these "nerfs" to the WHM.

1) Never used Thunder, so whatever. And I don't really care about the Holy nerf; healer having one of the best AoE attacks always seemed odd. If I was DPSing it was Aero and a Stone II or three occasionally, or Holy in a WP speed-run, but outside the Slime boss (my BLM Flares the adds anyway, so I only ever needed to Holy twice anyway) and King (took me one or two Holies to kill adds depending on RNG anyway, so now it always takes two. Big deal, I have the mana to do that, and the King takes that much extra damage) I used it more for the AoE stun (which is unchanged) rather than damage.

2) Cure 3 actually has a use now. Increased range and when proc'ed costs less mana than Cure II. Even if it only hits one tank and a melee, I'll take it.

3) Medica II...honestly, the regen was causing so many aggro problems, and like others have said, cast Medica II then spam Medica if you have to AoE heal a party. Much more mana and healing efficient.

4) Virus...this is the only real important nerf I see, but its not a WHM nerf so much as a magic nerf overall. Yeah, not going to use it in 8-mans, or if my 4-man has a SMN, so it kinda hurts a little. Just have to adjust tactics to compensate.