WHM getting progressively more unnecessary in content?

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Divine Seal:

Increases healing magic potency by 30% for 15s. CD 60 Seconds

Vs.

Synastry

Increases healing actions by 20%, Synast. target receives 40% of healing done. 90 second CD

Don't forget the 10% healing potency Astrologians have just being in Nocturnal Sect so they're 30%/30% right there. They're also able to extend the duration of Synastry with Time Dilation and Celestial Opposition.

Also on your Presence of Mind vs. Light Speed point, Astrologians also have Arrow/Enhanced Arrow/Extended Arrow as another "Do stuff faster" move.

There's no doubt that White Mage can hold it's own during dungeons and 24-man raids but in Savage raids they clearly get the short end of the stick when compared to the other 2.

Here are just a few of the shortcomings:

Their MP regen fails in comparison to Lumineferous Aether/Celestial Opposition/Ewer/Extended Ewer/Enhanced Ewer.
ALL of their DPS spells can miss. AST and SCH at least have a few spells that are 100% accuracy.
Yeah Cure III is a strong cure bomb but it's so situational that most of the time Medica 2 will be the better option anyway because of the range/regen/mp cost.

Here's a few more balancing issues:
I have WHM and AST in equal ilvl gear; my Nocturnal Astrologian heals more with with Benefic than Cure, heals more with Benefic 2 than Cure 2, heals more with Helios than Medica and they naturally have a reduced MP cost.
Lightspeed also reduces this MP cost even further as well.

As for the "Scholar has the best shields" thing you said earlier, you do realize with the big buff with Nocturnal Sect that Astrologian shields are on par, if not even more potent than Scholars? This is more clear when used with Synastry. Not only that but they have an instant Adloquium at a lower MP cost(Nocturnal Aspected Benefic) which is ideal for tank busters.

I'd love to see all 3 healers be equally awesome. SE has stated many times that they encourage our feedback on the forums; that's one of the ways they become aware of balancing issues to tweak in future patches and there is clearly an imbalance. It's to the point where Sophia herself is like: