Why does Sage punish you for using your healing spells?

[xxmiamorecadenza]

That's not what I'm saying. What I am saying is the design of Sage is fundamentally flawed and its power budget is locked behind Kardion for no reason and I just want to know why.

I don’t think the job is the issue here.

As someone whose leveled it to max - I had 0 issues with healing even semi-decent tanks.

The skill level may just be too high for you or you’re not properly grasping it’s kit - which is fine - I’m awful at some jobs as well. I’d follow the early recommendations and stick with WHM.