Quote Originally Posted by MorganG View Post
Whether you're fine with the current balance of things or not, it's undeniable that SCHs fall behind WHM and AST in both damage and healing. Are they unplayable? Absolutely not. Despite knowing they fall behind, they're still my personal favorite healer to play. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't like to see some changes.

But SCHs are in a poor place. Shield healing has been intentionally nerfed. They still have plenty of ogcd heals, but their DPS and HPS compete for resources. They now have the lowest healer DPS. Their capstone abilities don't work together, and their kit doesn't play nice with itself. And that's not even getting into the faeries or Seraph ghosting skills.
All three healers have kits that don't play nice with itself. WHM doesn't have to do anything to build their gauge other than wait for it to passively give lilies, and in content (most) where the healing requirement is low, they may not get to use Misery at all unless they intentionally over heal and clip their GCDs. AST's card mechanic is a subject of great debate, but no matter your thoughts on it; it is still a resource that requires a s-ton of APM to use an ability that is on its own 2 minute cooldown with just a 15s duration after all that work.

So... SCH. They arguably have it the worst. Like WHM, the SCH's job gauge doesn't require much effort from the them to build it. It only has two skills that require its expenditure, neither of which are more favorable than ANY of the fairy skills SCH lost with this expansion. AoE haste; AoE cleanse; and Silent Dusk was conveniently taken away right when SE mentioned that interruptions were going to be a thing that you can now clearly see when executed.

They can adjust pots on shields, heals, and DPS skills all day. I really couldn't care less about who has stronger shields, heals, and DPS. I've mentioned on more than one occasion that this is chasing your tail. It won't solve the healer problem. That problem will not get solved until the devs give healers significant and thorough attention.