Thread: 5.0 White Mage changes

Is anyone else really worried about what's happening to WHM? I've mained WHM for as long as i've played this game and I'm getting seriously bummed out about the aesthetic changes. My first big problem is the wings, I just can't stand how tacky they look, they won't look good with anything that isn't a white wedding dress and not everyone wants to look like that... what happened to the more utilitarian aesthetic of the old artifact armor? Its just dresses and frills now... My problem is that these wings only play to that one aesthetic.

Lastly, white mage never really had any damage identity outside of holy, until FF14 where we got stone and aero, now that they seem to be taking it away what's going to be left of the conjurer aesthetic? To me that's the equivalent of taking away Black Mage's fire and blizzard.

Sorry if this seems a bit ranty, I needed a place to dump my stress. I don't want to lose my favorite class

Originally Posted by Lersayil

Not in the live letter, no. The only clue we have is the suspiciously one casted and one instant GCD holy dps looking spells in the job trailer.

To be honest, this is what I wanted for WHM for so long. No more Stone or Areo would be amazing

Originally Posted by TheUltimate3

Out of curiosity, did they say they were removing Stone and Aero?

I doubt that. We should learn more when the streamers post full details soon. I'm happy about the instant heal and wish they said more about what changes there would be. I main white mage too and am worried about any changes that I might not like. I have no problem getting more healing abilities given that's why I specifically chose healing although I love to dps as well.

I didn't see them say anything about Red Mage too given I've seen a lot of talk about their taking away the ability to dualcast raise frequently by putting that on a cool down. Seems to me that would be a major change and they seemed to say there weren't any major changes unless I'm hearing/reading what they said wrong.

Originally Posted by TheUltimate3

Out of curiosity, did they say they were removing Stone and Aero?

Datamining only shows Aero III removed. The others remain.

As a WHM main myself, im not that stressed about it. We just dont know that much yet really. Im looking forward to may 29th when the media embargo drops.
I do like that they want to emphasize healing more. I personally dont care for dealing damage and yet that is like 80% i do in dungeons and raids depending on the party ofc. So im looking forward to actually do more healing and a bit less damage dealing.

Originally Posted by Sigiria

I would assume it's just the next power up of stone and aero. I guess they'll still be there but in lower content where you're sync.

Maybe not. It is looking like all aspected/elemental damage is going away, and that includes stone. Being replaced with ... something(?).