Quote Originally Posted by Urthdigger View Post
And therein lies the heart of the matter. So long as WHM heals for better than whatever healer comes out, people are going to want the WHM over it. If it heals better than WHM, then it invalidates WHM.

Another thing to keep in mind with the frequent hybrid idea is that you'll most likely wind up with something that deals damage like a PLD and heals like a BRD. Or, at the very least, people will assume it does.
A cure for 1000 like Pld would more be what a DPS/Healer should have. You really don't get what the people who want hybrids want I guess, not a replacement for Whm but a DPS that is able to assist the party. Typically this means a lower mana pool, refresh capability of MP reduced (weapon out = almost no refresh) all while putting up with dealing damage and being smart enough to not take hate with their version of cures. Brd can not do this, it is completely ineffective with cures and its dps is laughable to other jobs. Trust me, I played a lot of Brd before I got tired of doing crap damage and not being able to cure effectively.