Thread: Consolidated White Mage 4.0 Feedback Thread

I actually really love pure healing but even if that is the case (and I doubt it would be as DF cannot force the presence of certain jobs) there's still the problem that we have even fewer tools; I already take SCH or AST to my FC's undersized/min ilv runs because WHM can't contribute as much as either and this is just going further in that direction; my WHM is relegated to PVP or faceroll content where I can DPS. Plus, if it was mandatory you would think they'd add some fun new stuff to encourage people to play it and not jump ship to jobs which actually offer something new other than a tedious-sounding RNG resource management mini game on top of our existing RNG resource management mechanics. Healing unnecessarily to fish for random things which make us even stronger at unnecessary overhealing just can't get me excited mechanically.

I joined the forums to add my voice to this list. I love WHM, I know it's not considered meta but it's the job I chose when I started the game and I am very attached to it. Please, SE, make some changes before Stormbloods release. The changes to WHM are not fun at all and have left me less excited to start my Stormblood adventure.

Originally Posted by RaizeGraymalkin

It ASTOUNDS me that people give the OP the time of day considering all his threads.

Regardless of his past posting history, this post is well thought out, relevant, and accurate to exactly what's happening with White Mage in Stormblood. He's 100% right.

Originally Posted by Epo

I'm not ignoring his "facts,"

That's exactly what you're doing, and you know it.

He's not wrong. Past posting aside, it's the truth. While yes, things may change come expansion day, it's still very likely that what he has said will remain true for quite some time. WHM cannot maintain high single target DPS AND heal indefinitely, so even though their personal DPS might be a biiiiit higher than the other healers, it is simply not enough to make up for the fact that it absolutely cannot compete with AST buffs and SCH utility. So no, their damage will not be on par with whatever buffs the healers get... whatever it was you said. It probably still wouldn't be even if they nerfed Balance to 5%.

Can't say since I don't know japanese, but I'm sure they are saying the same thing about lilies and confessions based on spam cure to proc.

Originally Posted by fantasticm

That's exactly what you're doing, and you know it.

He's not wrong. Past posting aside, it's the truth. While yes, things may change come expansion day, it's still very likely that what he has said will remain true for quite some time. WHM cannot maintain high single target DPS AND heal indefinitely, so even though their personal DPS might be a biiiiit higher than the other healers, it is simply not enough to make up for the fact that it absolutely cannot compete with AST buffs and SCH utility. So no, their damage will not be on par with whatever buffs the healers get... whatever it was you said. It probably still wouldn't be even if they nerfed Balance to 5%.

WHM cannot maintain high single target dps and heal indefinitely? Why not? Mana? It seems like mana won't be much of an issue in this patch.

The Japanese forums are significantly less dramatic than ours in general, but there are plenty of concerns mentioned by WHM mains at how underwhelming we're going to be.