White Mage: A Guide

[carraway]

With my current set and a 195/tick regen, I could hit cap (203/tick) by using a Militia Belt (+4 potency and +3 VIT) and a hat with at least a capped Sound of Certainty III (+6 potency). I could then double the hat with a Healer's Hand IV to bring it closer to Healer's Circlet. I would sacrifice 10 healing potency by doing so; this effectively means I'm trading some -enmity from the belt (wholly unnecessary in most cases) and 12.5 HP off Cure and 25 HP off Cura for +8 HP/tick on my regen. +8 HP/tick = +120 HP per regen. Given regen's absurd healing power, this is an absolutely amazing tradeoff.

[Sol_Aureus]

With my current set and a 195/tick regen, I could hit cap (203/tick) by using a Militia Belt (+4 potency and +3 VIT) and a hat with at least a capped Sound of Certainty III (+6 potency). I could then double the hat with a Healer's Hand IV to bring it closer to Healer's Circlet. I would sacrifice 10 healing potency by doing so; this effectively means I'm trading some -enmity from the belt (wholly unnecessary in most cases) and 12.5 HP off Cure and 25 HP off Cura for +8 HP/tick on my regen. +8 HP/tick = +120 HP per regen. Given regen's absurd healing power, this is an absolutely amazing tradeoff.

Also a perfectly viable option. Like I said, a lot of the "optimal" WHM gear comes down to personal preference and what other gear you have.

I'll just try and provide as much information as I can so people can make their own judgments

[Tahldon]

Wonderful thread, Sol.

[Revelen]

Thanks for this! It has really helped me with whm a lot!

[Riv]

Wish there were guides like this for all jobs.

[Sol_Aureus]

Well when Summoner comes out I'll be making a guide for that too and probably shifting my focus to that as opposed to White Mage. I've always been a main SMN, WHM is just to hold me over until SMN is released.

[Vesanti]

Wow, awesome guide..

[carraway]

We were talking about Imperial Operative Dalmatica tonight and I did some super-fuzzy napkin math. From what I could figure out, compared to Healer's Robe, the dalmatica is a wash on Cura potency, a loss on Cure potency, and a gain of 1 mp/tick. Any further thoughts?

[Buttons]

Good question, was wondering about that as well. Personally I still hope the AF robe is better, just because I love it so much. ^^"

[Sol_Aureus]

Doing some VERY rough math, it seems like it's at least comparable, but nothing OMGWTFAMAZING. I'll look into it a bit more, but honestly I don't think there will be a substantial difference between the two. The refresh is negligible (like all gear with refresh in this game) so it's not too big of an incentive.