Getting WHM on Par

[FrankSeraph]

I've been reading these posts about whms and I just don't get it, so I' m gonna just ask:
What exactly is wrong with the white mage?
because it's my main and most prefered job and I don't find anything wrong with it
some people saying it needs a revamp, others that lack an 'Identity'... can you be more specific? I agree that Stoneskin II is useles but i don't agree that Cure III is just for statics. Have you ever used Divine Seal + Cure III + Assize on a full party after an ultimate during a savage raid? an entire party toped in 2 seconds. That's heal power, and in my opinion that's what the whm is all about, that's its Identity: heal power, burst damage and mp control.
I think the dps is the best in dungeons but useless in savage bosses and I think it's ment that way so it can always have the rol of main healer.
That's my opinion

[Deathgiver]

That's heal power, and in my opinion that's what the whm is all about, that's its Identity: heal power, burst damage and mp control.

The problem is that whm burst healing is unnecessary. An AST or SCH both have enough tools to cover the burst heal requirements, while a whm has none of the tools for mitigation or large scale raid dps increases.

edit: As far as dps goes, whm hits 2 significant barriers when in prolonged fights. 1 they need to stat accuracy as every single dps skill they have can miss, and 2 they need to slot piety as they have the worst mp recovery of all 3 healers. This means that their healing toolkit is further nerfed by the reliance on stats that don't increase healing throughput at all.