So as I'm pretty sure we're all aware, we're hopefully going to be getting a new tank and healer job when 4.0 hits: PLD and WHM. However, before we go too far into saying that WHM (and PLD in fairness) is a dead job, we need to consider their purposes. WHM is the only healer job that is currently directly tied to a class; thereby allowing for people to learn how to heal over the entire course of the leveling experience as compared to branching off at 30 (or starting completely fresh at 30). PLD, is like this in a similar way, with GLD getting core tanking abilities, with MRD having a more DPS-aligned kit.

This brings me to my main point: PLD and WHM are the player's introduction into the tanking and healing roles, respectively. As such, they're going to have less "fancy" tools so as to not scare completely green players away, right? But, how can we keep these entry-level jobs easy to play, while also making sure that they can play with the top SCHs/ASTs?

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