Thread: Consolidated White Mage 4.0 Feedback Thread

Originally Posted by Kethic

Alright, so shields are out. Crit buffs are out. Direct damage buffs are out.

Nope, not by his metric. Both SCH and AST have haste effects and SCH has slow.

Originally Posted by Ghastly

When White mages say they want raid utility, what is it specifically that you want? Can you give examples? If it's just to copy what sch/ast already does that's not going to work. They can't make all the healers exactly the same.
Can someone give some spell/skills ideas to see if you can come up with something better? Maybe you can but please provide ideas

Sure.

- Earth Blessing: Passive. Casting Stone spells 3 times builds Earth Blessing, which can be stacked up to 3. Casting Stoneskin II or Jagged Shield consumes all Earth Blessing stacks to reduce their cooldown.
- Stoneskin II: Can now be cast in combat with no MP cost, and has a 120 second cooldown. The effect will now also render party members immune to knockback effects as long as the barrier is up. (Can be reduced to 105/90/75 seconds.)
- Jagged Shield: Summons a shield of spires on the targeted party member or pet. The shield nullifies damage equal to 50% of the target's maximum HP at the time of casting for up to 15 seconds. When the shield is broken or the duration expires, damage equal to the shield's HP is inflicted to all enemies in a 10-yalm radius of the target (hey, a reason for Bards to use Troubadour in Mage's Ballad mode, and for Warriors to use Thrill of Battle offensively!). 60 second cooldown. (Can be reduced to 50/40/25 seconds.)

- Water Blessing: Passive. Casting two Cure/Medica/Regen spells generate Water Blessing, which can be stacked up to 5. Casting Holy also has a 25% chance to generate a stack too. These stacks are used for new spells, and at 5 stacks, the MP costs of all Cure/Medica/Regen-type spells and Holy are reduced by 20%. (Cure/Medica spells are currently considered to be wind-aspected due to the green aura when casting - this should be changed to blue.)
- Vital Aura: Requires and consumes 3 stacks of Water Blessing. Generates a barrier around all surrounding party members that shields them from critical hits. Additionally, this will also shield party members from 1 debuff, but the Aura will be canceled early to guard against a debuff attempt. No cooldown, since it's already tied to Water Blessing stacks.
- Plenary Indulgence: Same effect, but uses 1/3/5 Water Blessing stacks rather than the Confession/Lily stuff.

- Wind Blessing: Passive. Each time Aero-type spells inflict critical damage, a Wind Blessing is generated, stacking up to 10 times. Once the 10th Blessing is granted, they are automatically consumed to grant Rage of the Wind for 20 seconds, which eliminates Aero III's cast time and allows an Assize on cooldown to be immediately used again. It also allows a new spell to be used.
- Tornado: Can only be cast while under Rage of the Wind status. Inflicts 50 potency damage to the target and all enemies surrounding them, along with inflicting Aero and Aero II debuffs. Casting immediately cancels Rage of the Wind status, allowing Wind Blessing stacks to be built up again. No cooldown (on account of the cooldown already being tied to building up Wind Blessing stacks back up to Rage of the Wind again).

- Will of the Elementals: The White Mage borrows the power of the Wind, Water, and Earth elementals to summon a field of destruction and succor both. Enemies inside the field take damage over time from the searing winds within, and the water also drops their magic resistance by 5%. The power of the earth also shields party members inside the field, reducing damage taken by 10%. Requires at least 1 stack of Wind, Water, and Earth Blessing, and using the skill will consume all stacks, though effects do not change depending on how many stacks are consumed. 15 second duration, 180 second cooldown.

Note: I came up with all of this on the spot, and I don't even main White Mage. (Though I used to, I switched to Bard about a full year ago.)