Quote Originally Posted by Keichi View Post
At last for me are the healer separated enough.
White mage is a pure healer, who take care, after the dmg happens.
Scholar is barrier healer, who prefent dmg (is the healer, i like the most).
Sage is the most offensive one and the mixed child of the first 2. He allows you to adjust you, based on the co-healer (barrier focus, if no scholar is there, and pure healer, if a other barrier healer is there).
Astro is the only problem child, who is a buff support healer. But had bigger changes over time (didnt tested the current one, he was the one, where i had the biggest problem in DT).
They are similary, because the heal spells are the ones, everyone needs and make sense (Single heal, stronger heal spells with more cost, HoT, group healing, Esuna, and maybe barriers for tank buster/big aoe). That reduce the room for individuality.

But yeah, they stated to want to improve individuality to the next expansion. But personaly have i my doubts to. For me, are the classes differently enough.
This just reads like what the healers are “supposed to be” even when it makes no sense or is pointless

Like can anyone point to a mechanic in the last like 5 years where people went “damn I sure am glad I had a WHM on my team”

The 4 healers are basically “WHM”, “WHM but better in every way”, “shield WHM” and “shield WHM but better in every way”