Quote Originally Posted by PriestAlseid View Post
If FFXIV had a class like that, I'd be in heaven. As it stands however, I'm just not comfortable DPSing at this point (At least with my WHM which I'm leveling to 34 for Stone Skin).
WHM eventually gets Regen, which helps. They also get an AoE regen (Medica II) at 50 that stacks with the single target Regen. Just don't cast HoTs at the end of a fight - it'll proc aggro on you if the tank hits another group with the HoT still up.

WHM is about big heals and lots of healing. Most times I see someone's endgame raid DPS parse, the WHM has a DPS of 0. They're too busy actively healing. SCH, on the other hand, has three DoTs and a fairy that passively heals. They can also spread their DoTs to nearby targets with an oGCD skill, quickly DoTing an entire group of enemies for ~20 seconds with three GCDs (and an Aetherflow). Their heals also put up shields passively, so they can get more of a buffer before they need to do anything than WHM. All of this makes it much easier for SCH to DPS while healing.

If healing is all you want to do, WHM may be better for you. It's harder for WHM to DPS, but that means in hard endgame content, they often don't and it's okay. But, in easy endgame content like dungeons, they're still expected to contribute to some extent.

AST, when you get there, can either play like a WHM or like an SCH depending on which healing stance they use, but they have a little more active utility that improves DPS in the form of their cards. So, they have a little less time to DPS. That might also work better for you. Dunno.