Quote Originally Posted by Semirhage View Post
It's not my fault you guys can't read basic notices to posts and want to believe the worst things possible so I have to REALLY break things down to try and get you focused on the actual thing I'm talking about at a given time - and you can't even do that, either. (I suspect less because you CAN'T and more because you don't WANT to if it might risk you reevaluating your positions... <_< ...but that's whatever.)

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Besides, read that WHM and you know you'd probably enjoy it. I would hate it, but it'd be right up your alley.

It has Water magic, it has Quake/Flood/Tornado WITH different effects, it has lots of DoTs to juggle, it has interaction between the different parts of the kit, it has a risk/reward damage/healing aspect going, rewards fight knowledge like BLM and gives you tons of damage options to use during healing downtime. Lily heals being oGCDs means you'd have a WHM that heals like SCH used to, primarily with oGCDs alone, and your GCDs would be devoted instead to damage most of the time via Cleric Stance, with you being able to drop out for emergency healing before going back into Cleric. You'd spend most of your fights in Cleric. The Job would also have a low skill floor for casual content (casual Healers would simply never go into Cleric stance and be Cure spamming Sylphies), with a high skill ceiling for high end players, with lots to juggle and manage between DoTs, GCD CD abilities, more self-buffs, and procs all over the place. It would also be very punishing for "Sylphie" or casual players attempting to do hard content, as they'd literally be doing no damage if they didn't spend at least some time in Cleric. Soloing content would also give you a far more complex and interesting rotation with a lot more to watch and maintain.

Isn't that literally what you want out of WHM?

Seriously, actually read it and think about it; would you NOT find that an enjoyable iteration of WHM?

When you mentioned Galadrial in that other thread, it got me thinking of basically Y'Shtola's Sorceress class, and WHM as something like it. Which is actually what inspired this thread, btw - you.

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As much as these are all changes I would PERSONALLY absolutely HATE: You have to admit you'd like some of them. (And while I wouldn't LIKE them, the WHM version of Cleric Stance I actually kind of like the concept of, even if I'd rather not play it personally.)