Quote Originally Posted by Silver-Strider View Post
SCH and AST have more oGCDs and less costly GCD heals than WHM. The Lily abilities are not comparable to SCH and AST oGCD because they don't come at the cost of their damage, which is all WHM has to offer in a group environment and Misery will be even more of a DPS loss since Glare is getting a potency increase while Misery does not.

SCH lost the MP restore from E.Drain but Aetherflow got buffed to 20% MP restored to compensate
AST lost Sleeve Draw and 3% MP from Draw but got Astrodyne to compensate.
WHM got Thin Air nerfed and NOTHING to compensate for it. In fact, the buff to PoM is even more of a nerf to WHM's MP economy because now we burn thru our MP even faster.

To believe that WHM isn't going to go back to being the worst Healer in the game come EW is ludicrous.
SCH and AST have more oGCDS and a higher APM because of their respective mechanics. WHM doesn't have anything close to cards or oGCD spenders tied to fairy and aetherflow skills, and the skills tied to its job gauge are all on the GCD. In terms of MP economy, it isn't about who has more oGCDs; it's all about who has more free healing, and literally all of WHM healing save for Regen is free. Even the Solace skills which cost the GCD still have a good portion of that damage returned. Albeit not 1:1, but it still leads to a stronger MP economy than SCH and AST whom need to use their MP replenish skills on CD, whereas WHM can let Thin Air drift.

I am also not quite sure where you are getting at with what WHM brings to a group. Does Thin Air, the ability in question, and the greater MP economy of WHM somehow grant them advantages over SCH and AST in a raid setting?

MP issues, if an issue will be addressed in EW. We typically do run into them at the beginning of a new expansion, and they are quickly remedied. In terms of the issues healers have, there are much bigger fish to fry than the hit to WHM MP. It is still a hit, so I am not disregarding that fact; but it's not one that is going to handicap WHM. If the devs don't want WHM to take another backseat, they should probably start thinking about giving WHM some usable utility in a raid setting.