Quote Originally Posted by Metsonm View Post
This. In order for a White Mage to get back to where it was previously it needs to spend slots on Protect, Esuna, Lucid Dreaming and Largesse (which is now nerfed, too). That's 4 slots for what we had natively. Out of 5. Not even counting Cleric as it's now near worthless and E4E and Swiftcast as we had to buy them anyway.
Ok, Astro has to spend slots to replace the healing buff on Synastry, Lucid Dreaming, ED, Heavy. That's also 4 slots.

Ok, Scholar has to spend slots to replace Leeches, Eye for an Eye, completely lost Virus and other skills.

White Mage isn't special.
All three of the classes are now on more even footing and have a little more flexibility in preparing for a fight, especially when there are 2 healers.

It's like you missed the memo that one of the major goals of the battle revamp was to reduce skill bloat. This system was necessary to accomplish that and added a few more options for anyone who wants to give them a try.