No one is in doubt that the Minstrel as a class and especially as a healer is quite powerful and you may also be right that the stat in question is actually not needed for a healing Minstrel - that's not even the topic of this discussion. But there's also no doubt that this stat DOES increase the healing capabilities (no matter how OP you may already find them even without this stat) and that all healing Minstrel's will likely use an instrument with such stat on their current Live toons. So the question remains, why would anyone purposefully gimp his healing output by opting for the new golden lute? And if anyone did so, how is this item considered to be OP, when in reality it is actually hurting the healing capabilities in comparison to a level 95 item? You cannot evade those questions by constantly re-iterating that Minnies are OP and don't need the stat, as even if they don't need it, they are still better off with the stat than without it - there's just no argument.
Grego is right there is absolutely no need for a heal buff like this, just make the golden one like that 95 and add essence slot? too many monkey minnies out there anyway, who would stand 0 chance to heal anything before this idiotic bolster courage fellowship wide aoe heal. let alone at 65 lol! even 1% boost in healing is NOT needed, on the contrary they should remove the second aoe heal from Bolster Courage.