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I've never been kicked from a raid group either, if your friend doesn't understand the logic behind the Sage changes then they don't understand the nuances between the healers but I'll explain for you and your friend who wants to pretend they're knowledgeable on healers
Addersgall being your MP recovery tool forces you to waste charges just to recover MP at points because fights can go for extended periods without making you use them and is blatantly bad design, especially when paired with a White Mage who has to burn their lilies for MP management meaning you're both competing to heal just for MP efficiency, tying it to Phlegma removes wasting heals for no reason and adjusting potencies/cds/charges allows for you to retain the same income of mp (not exact because you don't have a Rhizomata equivalent for Phlegma) while making the job more engaging
Eukrasia SpS is just a quality of life change I'd like to see since every other healer can play spell speed builds and if you want to omni-healer you need to either adjust melds for sage or play strictly 2.5 gcd on all healers which is tedious for no reason
a weak regen/DoT on the lowest player is just a similar equivalency to Scholar's embrace and isn't a completely free passive heal like Embrace since it's still a DoT you need to manage and doesn't function while bosses are untargetable like Embrace does