Quote Originally Posted by Carighan View Post
Importantly, if you are going to answer "Yes, with randomized cards I'd feel different from WHM, but not without that!", then consider this: Would they then make it a 50/50 coin flip to gain a charge for the Blood Lily on using either Lily heal (essentially adding randomness to the core mechanic of WHM!) would you again feel the same as White Mage, because they now got randomness, too? As in, would the pure downgrade from having to beg your job mechanic to actually work be enough to sort regen healers into two categories, "Works as advertised" vs "Sometimes works as advertised, sometimes you just draw a dud"?
This relies on a false premise because you're consciously removing the tools to work around the rng in your example, which HW/SB AST had.