Thread: Consolidated White Mage 4.0 Feedback Thread

I'd also like to add that WHM in 3.x is only neutral on mana if you're a Sylphie. If you actually contribute to DPS, you'll have a much harder time managing MP. This was the reason SCH was so valuable, alongside the Faerie, in off-healing. Their playstyle required them to use DoTs more than nukes, and as those are more MP efficient and AF was better, they had a much easier time with sustained damage. Regardless of having the lowest DPS output of the three healers.

With their DPS rotation now also being similar to the other two, add DoT's and spam a nuke for days, that's going to be another increase in MP usage that SCHs previously didn't need to deal with. So it's a valid speculation that a WHM issue has been addressed alongside a SCH strength getting nerfed.

And in theory SCH in 3.x did have the best single target healing, it's just that we didn't need to use it or waste our resources on it. Physick combined with Embrace and potentially three Lustrates per Aetherflow was not something that AST or WHM could match.

Originally Posted by MyowzayaTrousas

It boggles my mind that there's over 200 pages of feedback on a single job's status in an expansion that nobody has even played yet. WHM is fine.

How do you know if it's fine if you haven't played it either?

Just because you don't know how to make educated guesses about how things will play out doesn't mean others are as clueless.

Originally Posted by Kabzy

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WHM can maintain a steady DPS rotation without running dry on MP. You are correct that WHM has by far the least wiggle room, and so for that extra MP management is nice.

I have to admit you raised a really interesting point in that SCH MP costs may rise due to more frequent nuke spam and while we'll have to wait to see how it turns out, I would agree that it's a valid concern.

SCH doesn't have the highest single target healing, it's a common misconception. Even using Aetherflow, AST has higher. What SCH does have is the highest sustainable single target, as AST will blow their MP in about 2 minutes if attempting to keep it up (Though that's obviously unnecessary).


As an aside, I can't believe they've yet to fix this annoying character limit.

Originally Posted by Ryahask

WHM can maintain a steady DPS rotation without running dry on MP.

I'm not talking about dungeons though, where you get small breaks between pulls to restore mana. During progression raids, WHM MP would run dry very fast if they wanted to perform as an off-healer. There's literally no denying that because the costs of keeping up DPS were flat out more than they could recover via Shroud and Assize.

Originally Posted by Ryahask

SCH doesn't have the highest single target healing, it's a common misconception. Even using Aetherflow, AST has higher. What SCH does have is the highest sustainable single target, as AST will blow their MP in about 2 minutes if attempting to keep it up (Though that's obviously unnecessary).

That's kind of completely irrelevant though. There's burst and sustained healing, not just mindlessly spamming Benefic II until your MP runs dry.

White mages have 3 less abilities than the other healers. Still don't understand why.

The only thing the upset WHM's will take at this point is a 20% damage increase AoE balance to all party members for 30 seconds on a minute cooldown.
Then maybe... just maybe, perhaps they will consider everything to be fair.

Originally Posted by xNewbx

The only thing the upset WHM's will take at this point is a 20% damage increase AoE balance to all party members for 30 seconds on a minute cooldown.
Then maybe... just maybe, perhaps they will consider everything to be fair.

Haven't you heard? Balanced jobs are underpowered. The only way to be considered good is to be massively overpowered.