This was really depressing to read. I know that since most fights are telegraphed you should know the instances when healing are needed and when not (that is ofc if everybody else know how to avoid things as well), but considering healers as pseudo dps seems like extremely faulty design. Especially since as healer you have to spam ONE spell.

At this point I wouldn't mind if they removed the need for healer dps altogether and replaced it with spammable, but conditional, support spells. Something where you have to keep track of what skills your allies are using and then use a fitting support spell accordingly. I don't know. Maybe change only AST, SCH this way and keep only the WHM as is and thus give it the unique place people are asking for.