Raid DPS Contribution is IMPORTANT

[Josco]

WHM not having utility isn't really the issue IMO. They're cutting down on synergies and whatnot, both SCH and AST are seeing their utility slightly nerfed. It's really fine if WHM have heavy pDPS. It's just that it's never been the case outside of dummy scenarios and ultimate coils. It's hard to tell where they currently stand just looking at released potencies but the lack of an ogcd dps skill is still very telling.

Except it does make that big a difference. It is huge. Check out pre-echo parses from Alpha:


Compare it to post-echo (after WHM got a pDPS buff):


This is personal DPS. The raid buffs from AST/SCH together are so huge they blow WHM's personal dps out of the water. Now add to this what those buffs are doing for the party, and it's not even almost close. This is why WHM needs a party buff--no matter what you say, people know the truth. Noone wants to walk into already difficult content basically starting off with a party debuff.