On the bright side (re: WHM)

[ViolaCrossfire]

There is no brighter side to WHM. Stop trying to fix a gunshot wound with a band aid.

What is an edgy guy like you doing in the healer section?

[ty_taurus]

But what if SE considers us a statistic for leveling whm to 70 and says "See? People level it. It's fine!"?

I think this is extremely unlikely. If so, that would be a horrible way to measure player use. Game designers don't look at who has what, but who uses what. If they use anything like that, they'll look at how frequently WHM is queued for DF, how frequently it goes into raids across the servers, and things like that.

Take League of Legends for example: MANY players have access to most, if not all champions, meaning you can't base a champion's strength on how many players have unlocked them, especially the ones that cost 450 IP, as virtually every player has them. Their numbers are from how frequently champions are played, by what player tier, and how well their performance is. And that's just to see if that champion needs to be looked at. So much more examination goes into what areas need to be addressed and how they'll be addressed.

[Reiryuu]

I think this is extremely unlikely. If so, that would be a horrible way to measure player use. Game designers don't look at who has what, but who uses what. If they use anything like that, they'll look at how frequently WHM is queued for DF, how frequently it goes into raids across the servers, and things like that.

Keep in mind, SE's first response to why tanks/healers didn't get new jobs was because "Data shows DPS don't switch to tanks and healers because of new jobs" (I wanna say this was in a live letter or keynote) or words to that effect. It wasn't till a bit later when they sited the balance changes as a reason in some interviews. The devs kinda treat us like data more than you think.

[IttyBitty]

Hey people leveled Whm to 70.. Yeah no duh Square some of us have retainers stuck on Whm some of us are forced to level Whm because of RETAINERS. If I was able to swap my retainers job I wouldnt even level it 70, Thanks for showing me what my main does two weeks before SB when I literally have to save ventures, I guess they trick people with these statistics. If nothing is changed I will play Bard after I am forced to level Whm for my retainers. At least Bard looks fun!

You can absolutely change your retainers, by the by. You just have to level them back up from 1 again.

[fantasticm]

WHM Pros:
Cutest AF shoes for female characters.

WHM Cons:
Everything else.