WHM or SCH for you..?

[Cynfael]

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WHM is pretty snooze-worthy at low levels; a lot of babysitting HP bars when your party is undergeared or underskilled. At higher levels it's much more fun, and you contribute more to party DPS as appropriate without worrying about someone dying as you wait to turn off Cleric Stance.

WHM is generally the easier job IMO, especially as you move into end-game content. No stacks to manage, no pet, no real expectation to DPS (not even Holy, since end-game fights have no focus on AoE and can't afford for the WHM to bleed their MP out). The main challenge I see with some WHMs is that they don't precast or anticipate damage, and they are too conservative with heals. If a WHM has an issue, it's usually one or both of those.

[Rydia13]

WHM is pretty snooze-worthy at low levels; a lot of babysitting HP bars when your party is undergeared or underskilled. At higher levels it's much more fun, and you contribute more to party DPS as appropriate without worrying about someone dying as you wait to turn off Cleric Stance.

WHM is generally the easier job IMO, especially as you move into end-game content. No stacks to manage, no pet, no real expectation to DPS (not even Holy, since end-game fights have no focus on AoE and can't afford for the WHM to bleed their MP out). The main challenge I see with some WHMs is that they don't precast or anticipate damage, and they are too conservative with heals. If a WHM has an issue, it's usually one or both of those.

You basically just described a crappy WHM lol I DPS endgame you just have to know when you can and can't do it. Looks like we disagree pretty heavily on this cuz having a pet (maybe it's cuz I'm smn main) is what makes the job so easy for me.

Also, Aetherflow makes it way easier on you, cuz it gives you so much MP back per minute, but also allows you to insta-cure for emergencies. If WHM can get by with Benediction, there's no reason a SCH should have issues with Lustrates. If you're a player that struggles controlling pets, I can see why SCH may appear to be the more challenging job, but outside of heavy AoE damage done to your party, SCH is a breeze to play imo.

However, both WHM and SCH are the hardest jobs to play currently so we ight lol

[Cynfael]

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I describe bad WHMs because many if them are exactly that :P. Bad SCHs are slightly less obvious since the fairy will pick up some of their slack, and Lustrate will allow them to slop/panic heal. Good SCHs, however, do have a greater expectation to help with party DPS since their MP is nearly bottomless and their mechanics allow them to heal effectively through Cleric Stance if they misjudge their timing or a party member derps.

Basically I find WHM to be a little less flexible and not as capable of multitasking; I suppose that's their trade off for having easy, huge AoE heals and an AoE nuke/stun combo.