whats your favorite healer class and why

[WingsOfAzrael]

so im honestly surprised there isnt a thread like this already
so what's your favorite healer class and why?
mine would have to be sch cause of the dps + fairy

[Muahbec]

SCH will aways and forever be my main healer, its the first job i got in this game, i love the whole shield+pet play style.

AST is probably the second of the list, its quick, i love the "star time mage" theme and i love throwing buffs at people.... but no one's going to replace my SCH <3

[Anova]

When AST was announced, I immediately knew that'd be my main.

If you name yourself after a constellation and main a healer, it would be weird for you not to main AST.

Other than that, I tend to favor Scholar because of the preemptive healing and barriers. It keeps you on your toes.

[Rewind]

My favourite is White Mage I think the main thing I like about WHM is that it can focus on healing and is quite a strong solo healer - I like seeing how far we can get into an encounter with only me and a fairy healing.

Second favourite is AST because I like being able to support the raid and heal, though sometimes I find the cards distracting.

Least favourite is SCH because I don't like the aspect of healer DPS. Each to their own though

[Fevelle]

WHM comes on top. I like seeing the bars go up just as fast as I want them to go. Second is Scholar, the preemptive playstyle fits me well when I'm sleepy and with reaction time reduced (most of the times when I'm doing my roulettes).

[AskaRay]

SCH... I like how I can multitask with it without TOO much risk of letting everyone drop. WHM for me is really hard to play because if I'm not paying attention to health bars constantly, people always drop too low, so I end up just sitting there and I get bored (not saying people can't, I have friends who are great stance-dancers on WHM). Thanks to the fairies though, there's a bit of "padding" there just in case.

I also like AST sort of for the same reasons...the cards give me something else to do while watching people's health.

[Elysaine]

Having leveled Scholar and Whitemage to 50 in the original game. And now I have Astrologian at 60, Scholar at 56 and Whitemage at 55 I can safely state that Astrologian is my favorite.

Love the mix of heals and cards. And also the choice between healing as a Whitemage or as a Scholar. I like Scholar as well, although I'm not that good at manually managing the Fairy next to healing myself. Whitemage I find to be the least fun job.

So the star gazer job is the one for me

[Elladie]

I vowed I wouldn't be a healer in ARR (healed in both XI and WoW) but found myself seduced by SCH. WHM is fun too, but I don't play it as much, mainly because I like to deeps and find it much harder to manage MP on WHM. Haven't tried AST at all except to unlock it so can't comment. I do intend to level both AST and WHM to 60 tho. So I guess the vow not to be healer didn't work out for me XD. I know folk think healers have a stressful time, but I find it much less stressful than being a DPS (I worry too much that my numbers don't add up, healing I can tell if I'm doing a s**t job because people are lying on the floor!)

[Shyluv]

Favorite is AST. I like having to quickly decide who/how to buff with cards, while managing everything else like HP and my MP and cool downs.

Least favorite is SCH. I think it's cause I prefer to be the healer. Not leaving it up to AI. Sometimes I even get pouty when I have a co-healer when I know I could solo heal something. I don't like sharing those green numbers, I guess..

[Luvbunny]

I like all three healers, when I am bored, I go with SCH since it plays like SMN with healer pet. When I just want to heal and heal nicely and smooth, WHM is the one to go. And if I want to "pretend" I am doing something more and feels like buffing, the AST is the job. All three healers are varied enough, it's hard to play favorites. But Arcanist is definitely my favorite class, two jobs for the price of one, with SMN being one of the best class to solo, can't beat that!