I like WHM. The one area where I feel I'd like improvement is in some general utility/support - not exactly like AST's card buffs (which I like) but in some other areas. I'm not for a second advocating the same bloated spell list situation we had there, but one of the things I liked about FFXI was that I had lots of things to do in between reactive healing - bar spells, refresh etc - and as great as the Grand DPS Era is, I can live with pressing buttons other than Stone 3/Holy etc from time to time and socketing acc in HW has been an annoying situation all around. I'd love to see a bit more flexibility incorporated without making us into MP-challenged wannabe BLMs whenever healing isn't required.

They can buff healing but in 99% of content it's pointless as healing is almost unnecessary most of the time, and big healing is just overhealing outside of the harshest encounters. Personally WHM is my preferred healer in PVP (because of its options for more aggressive play) while I usually rock up with AST or SCH in group content. I'm glad I have all three.