Thread: On 2.1 WHM Nerfs

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.

Originally Posted by Cynric

cure 3 being half mana now is a buff yo cure 3, a crit cure 3 for tons of mana was a waste of mana now with the new cost it will have a niche .

medica 2 is less hate all at once so this isnt really that bad,

holy and thunder is whatever as whm is a healer not a dps.

virus was the biggest thing and its not even that bad.

1.) Cure III is a joke. I have never, not once, cast Cure III intentionally. Medica I and II are less MP and have a larger radius. I don't even have it on my hotbar anymore.

2.) Medica II is a wash, though the potency was nice to have in crisis moments. If you pull hate using Medica II, you aren't using your abilities or managing hate correctly.

3.) Do you even play WHM? It's not viable in Coil. One place. ONE. It's viable EVERYWHERE ELSE. Would you rather I just stand there waiting for someone to take damage? Let's not kill faster, more efficient, and complete dungeons ahead of schedule because you want the WHM to never, under any circumstances cast any offensive magic. Standing around doing nothing waiting for HP to fall is a waste of potential. Please reevaluate your post as this makes you look ignorant.

4.) Yeah, go tell that to Turn 5 and let me know how that works out for you.

Originally Posted by LeafyVegetable

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Already there basking in the glory, haha.