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[Exiled_Tonberry]

You'll never have to "be forced" to level a certain healer.
Tbh, the only content where it could be a problem is savage content.
Like, if sch can't handle the heal or if healing requirement is very high.

But on every other content, healer should be just fine, even if they are not balance.

There has been NO content except savage at their release (or the next weeks) that needs a certain class more than another because they basically all can do it.

I don't think that's what they meant by being forced.
In 3.0, I stopped playing WHM in raids because it felt like I was purposely handicapping my party. AST could (and still can) do everything I could do, but offer more. So why am I playing WHM? That's the feeling you have when the power gap is so huge as it is now.

No one's going to be forced into different roles, but you'll feel so weak and unwanted that you will eventually fall into something you don't have as much fun playing.

[Sebazy]

I don't think that's what they meant by being forced.
In 3.0, I stopped playing WHM in raids because it felt like I was purposely handicapping my party. AST could (and still can) do everything I could do, but offer more. So why am I playing WHM? That's the feeling you have when the power gap is so huge as it is now.

Are you for real? AST was a train wreck for early 3.0 progression. If you were holding your raid back in Gordias as a WHM then it was your playing ability that was at fault, not your choice of job.

As far as things stand at the moment, personally I'm seeing the best results with WHM/AST, but I suspect that's as much to do with me being much more comfortable playing WHM over the 4.0 changes to AST as anything else. As much as I love padding and pocketing my DPSers, WHM's brute force gameplay just works for me.

Logs aren't far off, that'll help clarify the current state of play.

[KDSilver]

I don't think that's what they meant by being forced.
In 3.0, I stopped playing WHM in raids because it felt like I was purposely handicapping my party. AST could (and still can) do everything I could do, but offer more. So why am I playing WHM? That's the feeling you have when the power gap is so huge as it is now.

No one's going to be forced into different roles, but you'll feel so weak and unwanted that you will eventually fall into something you don't have as much fun playing.

I was scholar until now and tbh, with the changes they made on the already existing skills of WHM, I have now more fun with WHM and am planning to raid with it, even if WHM have no party bonus or buff.
My static is okay with it as long as I play what I like.

And actually, with WHM mana now, he has a really good recovery for progress.
So I don't think any healer could feel unwanted.