Will WHM be getting a new trait to replace ProShell?

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

The whole, true point of this thread is that they're taking something that makes WHM unique and parsing it out among everyone. They aren't doing that to any other Job (to our knowledge) and as a WHM I find that to be unfair, especially considering the existing differences. Do you want WHM to be compensated for this or not? I do.

The person I initially responded to, which had nothing to do with you, seemed to be under the impression that WHM was "stronger" and that this is a well deserved nerf, which I don't agree with, because I think that WHM is the weaker of the two existing healers.

The only thing I'd like to have addressed would the accuracy issue. Square-Enix concluded something and decided to give White Mage more damage options. But as long accuracy is a problem, nothing will change for White Mage while Scholar get similar additions to address their "weaknesses".

As for your whole assumption what I'm trying to convey or who you're responding to. The topic started with:

In the live letter, they mentioned that the magic defense for Protect that conjurers get will be added to all healing classes when using protect... they seemed to kind of brush off the fact that this is a lvl 16 conjurer trait though... so will they be replacing it? Otherwise it's a pretty worthless trait, and it's not like they're giving everyone access to Super Virus.

I'm kind of worried as well as I was really hoping WHM would get some help in the mana regen department and it seems that was overlooked too T_T

On page 4 you responded to this post:

The whole point of making everyone get proshell is precisely so you aren't forced to run a WHM for buffs - why would they make it so that WHM get something to just make it stronger, again?

with this:

The aren't "stronger" they're just in possession of a particularly marketable skill. WHM, realistically speaking, is the weaker of the two by a wide margin (poor raid dps, accuracy, overhealing). The fact is, they're taking something from WHM that makes it valuable, and they need to replace it with something that makes it equally valuable. Otherwise people will get WHM to lvl 16, or 34 for stoneskin, and then trash it in favor of the more versatile/useful healers.

Which has nothing to do "with the true point of this thread", but ok. Before your response I responded to the same post with:

Well, you're in the wrong here. You're not forced to bring a White Mage. It just makes healing easier/mistakes more forgivable. Much like how no group is forced to bring a monk for FCOB Turn 4, it does make healing easier/forgivable. You could in fact do the very same turn without a scholar, like how it can be done without a white mage. But having either presence just makes it easier. Same applies to:
Bringing...
...bards
...monks
...warriors
...casters
...scholars/summoners for virus
...ranged classes in general*

But there are some problems with Square-Enix's logic that it's for "balance". I'm not saying it's wrong, but merely incomplete.

* No sane group would bring 4 melees (6 with tanks) to, for example, BCOB T5 or FCOB T1. But it's doable, however.

I also responded to your post, as I find your post filled with misinformation, with:

None of those things are really a class issue, more of a mechanic thing.
"poor raid DPS" - While not exactly the high, it's not poor either.
"accuracy" - This is more on Square-Enix's mechanic design:
1) For some reason Bio, Bio II and Shadowflare requires no accuracy, but a giant explosion of light can actually miss while you're right on top
2) Accuracy isn't readily available bar some very minor numbers on every piece. Unless resorting to crafted gear, neither healer can reach the accuracy cap for the harder content. But this applies to both healers. Scholars simply don't need accuracy to deal decent damage - They'll want it to deal good damage, though.
"overhealing" - And this is more of a player's fault, rather than the class fault. Overhealing will always be there. Be it on Scholar or on White Mage. It's higher on Scholar in some cases, where the scholar's the type that shields everything before impact.

Which you find your argument faulty about "the White Mage class is only marketable because":

because it has the only M-DEF passive.

And in an earlier post I mentioned it's not, while also arguing with the "faults" you personally find in White Mage - Don't bring player proficiency into this, remember?
I don't think White Mage is stronger, but I don't believe Scholar is overly dominant either. Or as you call it "by a wide margin". The issue itself does not lie with the class itself the very least. If we were to forget about the proshell trait for now, White Mage is getting:
A Regen field with unknown potency
A half-benediction with, supposedly, shorter cooldown
An AoE attack that heals simultaniously
Stone III and Aero III with unknown potency - They also mentioned something about another ranged DoT in the live letter as well as in the translated topic

The regen field would offset the difference between the current Regen and Embrace - Whether it's viable in practice is another story
An additional instant healing ability could fill in that large GCD gap Benediction has in comparison with Lustrate. Actual CD time unknown
New "main damage spells" (as by live letter) while the Scholar got none.

White Mages are getting new abilities in both fields: Healing as well as damage
Scholar are getting new abilities that would assist in the actual healing role.

Even if you were talking about the situation for White Mage after Heavensward, you're not conveying the right message. As I've repeatedly mentioned before: It's not the class fault. But you don't seem to understand that.