The Limits of Balance

[Allegor]

Druids would like a word with you about HoT not being a niche.

That said, HoT-based healing would be iffy in a game that favors big chunky direct healing, and people's mindset about that playstyle doesn't help (sure, keep topping people off right after I Regen/Medica II and there's no AoE damage incoming, send all my numbers to overhealing, please!)

Ironically, being the raw healer that does nothing else is exactly what puts WHM as the overall least favorable healer, because they have no utility that can help the party. This is where their niche being the "DPS-healer" would come in handy, but that claim has been controversial, to say the least.

[Cyrocco]

Ironically, being the raw healer that does nothing else is exactly what puts WHM as the overall least favorable healer, because they have no utility that can help the party. This is where their niche being the "DPS-healer" would come in handy, but that claim has been controversial, to say the least.

This is something I really started to understand after I leveled WHM in order to really see what was going on with the job, and why I don't think a lot of suggestions centralized around new skills to the job are the best fix for balance at this time, something should be done to fundamentally change something about WHMs kit, and it needs to happen at a level earlier than 80.

[Risvertasashi]

Ironically, being the raw healer that does nothing else is exactly what puts WHM as the overall least favorable healer, because they have no utility that can help the party. This is where their niche being the "DPS-healer" would come in handy, but that claim has been controversial, to say the least.

WHM isn't the DPS healer. It's a niche some of us would like for WHM, but SE seems to be ardently against it. Even the relatively recent patch that buffed WHM DPS left WHM as "worst healer DPS, but by a narrower margin".

And then raw healer is a problem too. "raw" or "pure" or "throughput" healer that does, at best, as much healing but not more than as the others just leaves the job in a really bad place for any content where people care about optimization.

Whatever direction SE goes in for the expac, they need to give WHM a unique strength. Key part on unique because other healers can't be allowed to have it too or we're back to yet another repeat of Heavensward/Stormblood. Personally I'm skeptical SE will actually do this, but I'll keep hoping...