Quote Originally Posted by Renathras View Post
I mean, WAR is already kind of there.

If you think of Storm's Eye as their 30 sec DoT/Dia, Inner Release as their Presence of Mind, Orogeny/thesingletargetoneIforgetthenameof as their Assize, Overpower as their Holy, Fell Cleave/Decimate as their Afflatus Misery, and Storm's Path as their Glare, it's ALMOST the same thing as you're saying above and parallels WHM. It only has a 1-2 before Storm's Eye/Path, and a 1-2 DPS rotation, but also has no GCD heals (and all actual tanking abilities aren't GCDs), and WAR/WHM have about the same number of total Hotbar slots/buttons.

If you removed their 1-2 in their single target combo, their 1 or 2 in their AOE combo, and combined Decimate/Fell Cleave and Orogeny/X into one button instead of two, it's basically WHM in tanking form. Complete with the party healing.
"wArRioR aNd wHiTeMagE aRe bAsIcAlLy tHe sAmE" isn't going to work. The "parallels" you are drawing between the two jobs is a far reach, and you are leaving out key damaging abilities on Warrior to suit your point. (Inner Chaos, Primal Rend, Onslaught Charges)

Warrior might have the simplest damage rotation of the Tanks, but it still has an actual rotation. Warrior and White Mage are not the same in the slightest.