Quote Originally Posted by Liam_Harper View Post
It clearly is in EX. Obviously statistics are subject to change over time, but we're talking about current standings.

Besides, Sage is ridiculously strong with no cards, fairies or gimmicks to juggle, doesn't pay heal tax like WHM or SCH, has high dps and is reasonably easy to play. Unless they nerf it or rework the other healers I'd be confident in it remaining in the top 2 for popularity. AST and SCH have too many gameplay issues for mass appeal.
It's good etiquette to quote entire messages because otherwise you are taking things out of context like in this case.

There is a big difference between a general statement such as "Sage is the most popular healer and it dethroned WHM" and "SGE is the most popular healer in EX at the moment".
To no one's surprise, Sage, Reaper and Summoner are the most played jobs in EX at the moment.

As I said, if we want to infer anything meaningful about popularity with all-encompassing statements, we have to wait.