WHM getting progressively more unnecessary in content?

[Ghishlain]

Originally the thread was aimed towards the lack of things to do on a WHM. We've already discussed how WHM's are the better healers and here we are still floating in circles. Honestly, just play another class if you don't want to be a dedicated healer pre-4.0. It is our job to keep everyone alive. I'm sorry to hear you feel like you are being left out or threatened that for some odd reason, despite your ability to keep everyone alive, you think nobody will want you anymore. But in all serious talk, while I agree WHM should have access to some defensive utilities to help a CD challenged tank (Cushioning magic/element damage, enhancing auto attacks on melee characters.). I disagree with WHM going in the realm of increasing DPS like an AST and being able to mitigate damage like Galvanize/Nocturnal. I was sort of having fun with the debate but now I just see nothing but repetitive malice (Or the lack of an Open mind). Good luck to you all.

I would like to think most people in this thread understand that there won't be any real change on WHM until 4.0 hits and a lot of posts in this thread are designed to provide feedback. While I don't think any one has been particularly malicious (maybe passive aggressive or childish at best), I think it's important that everyone has an open mind too. As it stand you have also been quite stubborn in your stance regarding WHM and your opinion that they are a dedicated healer when AST can easily be the same "dedicated healer" in the raid while providing additional utility on top of it. When I think of "dedicated healer" I think of a healer that is leaps and bounds ahead of any other healer in outright raw healing potential but that's clearly not the case here when comparing WHM to AST. Heck, I'm in the minority opinion that AST potential HPS actually surpasses WHMs potential HPS, and that's a scary thought when a job that's designed to be provide powerful party buffs out heals the dedicated healer in the game while being able to do their secondary functions with little hindrance.

I will say, all the healers are viable, but the divide in healer balance comparing WHM to SCH and AST is getting larger and larger and I'm hoping that's rectified in 4.0. Personally, I feel S-E dev team has lost touch with the healer base since 3.2. The buff to Luminious Aether was totally unnecessary and then the changes implemented to Celestial Opposition and partially to Enhanced Benefic II (I wish they divide the trait based on the sect you were in) basically told me they have no idea what they're doing at this time. I'm hoping what they're doing is throwing a massive bone to AST just to remove the AST stigma from 3.0 then going for a MASSIVE overhaul of AST in 4.0. I'm not going to be surprised if they rework EVERY card in 4.0 and thus remove the 20% Balance in the process. Balance is one of the most unbalanced things in the game ATM, heh.

Anyway, I'm not sure if you'll read this but I do agree that some ideas are pretty crazy from some of the other posters and I wish you well and take care in your healing travels.