Quote Originally Posted by AlphaSonic View Post
The problem is that there's too much competition for the other slots. Compared to DPS classes, healers have more mandatory cross class to take such as Protect, Lucid Dream (for MP), Swiftcast, Esuna (if the battle requires something to be dispelled). And then we have Largesse that is better than every other cross class we have and there's no choice at all. Most of the time we will pick the same. Probably Cleric for DPS increase but still.
Pretty much this.

It's one reason I am the least looking forward to leveling a healer. They have so many of their core abilities resold as cross class (with WHM obviously taking the worst hit of all, but that's another topic altogether). There's not much choice, and the slightest illusion of choice is things like Esuna, meaning you'll swap it out on a per fight basis, which sounds tedious and not fun. Somehow, in the process of trying to streamline their systems, they managed to bloat up the healers with trivial tedium.