Thread: Consolidated White Mage 4.0 Feedback Thread

Originally Posted by BroodingFicus

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Agreed. The thought is tempting me as well. Love Thin Air but not crazy about everything else and I've been a WHM since 2.3. All 3 healers are still in the same position as 3.5 now. WHM is still an inferior AST, SCH has had their fairy heals and DPS nerfed but they still have more utility and mitigation, and AST is still overpowered even more so now. Their way of balancing everything is hilarious.

Originally Posted by AlphaSonic

Anyone noticed how many abilities has WHM compared to AST? It feels bullshit.

Stone (1-2-3-4)
Cure
Aero(1-2)
Medica
Ressurection
Fluid Aura
Repose
Cure II
Presence of Mind
Regen
Cure III
Holy
Medica II
Benediction
Asylum
Assize
Tetragrammaton
Thin Air
Divine Benison
Plenary Indulgence

Only 20 freaking abilities only 20!!!

Now compare to AST

Malefic (1-2-3)
Benefic
Combust (1-2)
Lightspeed
Helios
Ascend
Essential Dignity
Benefic II
Draw (Undraw)
Diurnal Aspect
Aspected Benefic/Nocturnal Sect
Royal Road
Spread
Aspected Helios
Redraw
Synastry
Gravity
Time Dilation
Collective Unconscious
Celestial Opposition
Earthly Star
Minor Arcana
Sleeve Draw

AST - 23 (without counting the effects of each card)
WHM - 20 (with no buffs to your allies)

They'd be even if SE didn't just get rid of the Stoneskins and Divine Seal from us. *coughcough* Despite all of that you may as well subtract another two because no one uses Fluid Aura and Repose in PvE. >_>

I mean if the only redeeming balance against AST vs WHM is that WHM has 20% more DPS and better MP consumption than AST I'm still taking AST.

Better mp consumption than AST is debatable, since AST can stash Ewer card and even get more Ewer cards while having one stashed. Not to mention extend duration of all MP regens + different potencies and durations. Id say they almost even.

Imagine if we had 3 new skills. Can you imagine 3 new skills for us? There's so much they could give us!

Let's stop wasting our virtual breath. The question is: level it and complain at 70, or just boycott the class and make them wonder why people aren't playing it. I admit, I'm having trouble deciding which myself. I have a feeling the latter might be more effective but... *shrug*

Any way we could also consolidate the incoming SCH post and renaming the thread to add SCH to title?

See the thing I keep thinking about is what the encounters will be... dungeons primal raids. Will we step in them and suddenly realize how crucial pure healing is going to be? We know the current content only. No patch notes or demo is showing us what we are in store for. Yes old content will feel off with these changes but they couldn't just change that all too only what we have moving forward.