Is the WHM still a viable class?

[Rawrz]

Had a whm practically solo heal Sephy Ex with me on SCH. I had to do minimal healing. It was crazy, 900 on the first phase and second phase, 730 for the overall encounter. @-@ if If you didn't know it has lots of 50%health damaging aoe s and tank busters that can drop a tank without cds from 100% to 5%.
Whms are amazing.

[BroodingFicus]

I main WHM but fiddled a bit with all of them and it more or less does just come down to play style and what you prefer.

AST: Healing/Buff management with their card system. Takes a little bit more to master from what I've seen. (which is standard of the jobs added in HW)
WHM: Straight heals and HoT's.
SCH: Shields/Fairy and Aether stack management.

Any of the three are valid so long as they are played correctly so settle on whichever you prefer. Or level them all and switch it up. I do find that as WHM I end up as the main healer on most occasions if it comes down to myself and a SCH. WHM may have more burst DMG but SCH can maintain it and seems to suffer less MP wise if they DPS for long periods of time. So I usually start out in cleric, cast all my dots and then spend the rest of my time healing unless there are adds or something that need killing like in the first boss of Void etc. Its just beneficial to the party overall that I take on as much of the healing as I can so that the SCH can DPS. As for an AST it depends which stance they decide to play in. If I have double HoT's I tend to DPS a bit more so long as they look like they can handle it. Glad to see FFXIV converted someone else to healing. I'm still trying to figure out how I ended up here myself. XD

[Nekotee]

I do second kabzy a lot
Macro for the scholar ?
You means those horrible macro that locked your fairy reducing her action ? Oh hell no !
I do not play SCH with macro and still do a great job (yeah the basic pre-casting and fairy pre-positionning)

The only 2 macro i keep on my SCH come from my smn
Auto target of target eyes for an eyes
And auto target focus virus
Which help a lot to put them while healing

But 7 macro healing ? Huh really ?

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And yeah i don't know à single static that will put the SCH as main heal
It burn too much mana to keep a group healthy

[DarkmoonVael]

I do second kabzy a lot
Macro for the scholar ?
You means those horrible macro that locked your fairy reducing her action ? Oh hell no !
I do not play SCH with macro and still do a great job (yeah the basic pre-casting and fairy pre-positionning)

The only 2 macro i keep on my SCH come from my smn
Auto target of target eyes for an eyes
And auto target focus virus
Which help a lot to put them while healing

But 7 macro healing ? Huh really ?

...

And yeah i don't know à single static that will put the SCH as main heal
It burn too much mana to keep a group healthy

I use an entire 2 macros on SCH. A summon macro that puts all of eos' abilities on crosshotbar one, and a summon II macro that places all of selenes abilities on crosshotbar one.

I always get baffled by SCH who macro everything.

[Gemina]

You also know whm uses wand and shield, and that sometimes (often at my level) has better stats than the current staff in the same level range, yes?

I'm nowhere near the level to be able to provide a sufficient amount experience to help you make a decision. However, from what I have learned about what's to come is that whm and sch support each other. When the synergy is there between them, they do absolutely amazing things. It's ridiculous to say that either of them "main" heal.

I understand aesthetics plays an important role in the decision making process people have when choosing their roles, and their respective class/job, but understand that a healer's main weapon whether staff/wand or grimroire only serve to strengthen the abilities and spells in their utility belt. You're not going to be hitting to many mobs with them.

[Huxley_Brynn]

You're not going to be hitting to many mobs with them.

I finally auto attacked something with my AST. You just backhand the Sucker. Pretty satisfying actually.

[Gemina]

I finally auto attacked something with my AST. You just backhand the Sucker. Pretty satisfying actually.

Haha! One time, a spriggan got too close and I twapped it with the spine of my book for like 3 dmg, and it died. They are so cute and make a sad noise when ko'd..... Never again

[Zomkei]

I finally auto attacked something with my AST. You just backhand the Sucker. Pretty satisfying actually.

Look closer, you're actually throwing a card at them, not backhanding.

[Einheri]

Look closer, you're actually throwing a card at them, not backhanding.

the slashing bonus should apply to those nasty paper cuts.

[AlphaSonic]

the slashing bonus should apply to those nasty paper cuts.

It does apply, AST autoattacks are slashing xD.